Edward Thomas: A Portrait.

Thomas, R. George.

ISBN 10: 0198185278 / ISBN 13: 9780198185277

Published by Oxford University Press., Oxford., 1985

About this Item

x, 331pp, illustrations. Signed & dated by the author on the title page, also by Myfanwy Thomas on the Acknowledgements page. DW is in a clear protective removable sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 59078

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edward Thomas: A Portrait.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press., Oxford.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198185278
• ISBN 13: 9780198185277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography.
  • Literature.

About this title

Synopsis

Edward Thomas 1878-1917, published author, critic, and essayist, died at 39, a casualty of World War I. At the suggestion of his friend Robert Frost, Thomas began to write poetry and six months after his death his first book of poems was published. As the prose writer died, the poet was born, and it is on the poems that his reputation still rests. This new biography--based on some 1,800 of Thomas's letters--tells the story of his courtship, his restless marriage, and his tormented need to choose between happiness with his wife and children and the need to find his way as a writer alone. With delicacy and understanding the book describes Thomas's complex character and his pilgrimage on the road to self-discovery, and reveals how the emergence of Thomas the poet became inevitable.

About the Author

R. George Thomas is at University College, Cardiff (Emeritus).