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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778826903321

Autore

Westover Daniel

Titolo

R.S. Thomas : a stylistic biography / / Daniel Westover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-299-20111-3

0-7083-2412-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

CREW series of Critical and Scholarly Studies

Writing Wales in English

Disciplina

821.914

Soggetti

Poets, Welsh - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""General Editor�s Preface""; ""General Editor?s Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""Origins of a Style, 1936�1943""; ""Origins of a Style, 1936?1943""; ""A Style Emerging, 1943�1955""; ""A Style Emerging, 1943?1955""; ""A Style Defined, 1955�1972""; ""A Style Defined, 1955?1972""; ""A Style Developed, 1972�1988""; ""A Style Developed, 1972?1988""; ""A Style (Un)Refined, 1988�2000""; ""A Style (Un)Refined, 1988?2000""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Notes""

""Select Bibliography""""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

R. S. Thomas (1913-2000) is the most recognizable literary figure in twentieth-century Wales. His controversial politics and public personality made him a cultural icon during his life, and the merits of his poetry have continued to be debated in the years after his death. Yet these debates have too-often circled familiar ground, returning to the assumed personality of the poet or to the received narrative of his experience. Even the best studies have focused almost exclusively on ideas and themes. As a result, the poetry itself has frequently been marginalized. This book argues that Thomas's