Dylan Thomas

Author(s)

• Goodby, John
• Wigginton, Chris

Bibliographic Information

Dylan Thomas

edited by John Goodby and Chris Wigginton

（New casebooks, . Contemporary critical essays）

Palgrave, 2001

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Further reading: p. 221-224

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780333803943

Description

A collection of essays on one of the 20th century's most popular yet critically neglected authors, this book explores the full range of Thomas's work. It uses approaches such as marxism, feminism and deconstruction previously neglected by critics and focuses on his complex relationships with surrealism, modernism, Wales, popular culture, the USA and his own contemporaries. In doing so, it restores Thomas to his rightful place as a major 20th century literary figure and cultural icon.

Table of Contents

• "The Little Arisen Original Monster" - Dylan Thomas's sour grapes, S. Smith
• the lips of time, S. Crehan, "Daughters of Darkness" - Dylan Thomas and the celebration of the female, K. Gramich, "Birth and Copulation and Death" - gothic modernism and surrealism in the poetry of Dylan Thomas, C. Wigginton
• the poetry of Dylan Thomas - Welsh contexts, narrative and the language of Modernism, W. Davies
• "Death is all Metaphor": Dylan Thomas's radical morbidity, I. Phillips
• "Shot from the Locks" - poetry, mourning, deaths and entrances, S. Vine
• questions of identity - the movement and "Fern Hill"
• J.A. Davies
• "Oh, for Our Vanished Youth" - avoiding adulthood in the later stories of Dylan Thomas, J. Williams
• "Very Profound and Very Box Office" - the later poems and "Under Milk Wood", J. Goodby.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333803950

Description

A collection of essays on one of the twentieth century's most popular yet critically neglected authors, this book explores the full range of Thomas's work. It uses approaches - such as marxism, feminism and deconstruction - previously neglected by critics and focuses on his complex relationships with surrealism, modernism, Wales, popular culture, the USA and his own contemporaries. In doing so, it restores Thomas to his rightful place as a major twentieth century literary figure and cultural icon.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations.- General Editors' Preface.- Introduction.- 'The Little Arisen Original Monster': Dylan Thomas's Sour Grapes
• S. Smith.- The Lips of Time
• S. Crehan.- 'Daughters of Darkness': Dylan Thomas and the Celebration of the Female
• K. Gramich.- 'Birth and Copulation and Death': Gothic Modernism and Surregionalism in the Poetry of Dylan Thomas
• C. Wigginton.- The Poetry of Dylan Thomas: Welsh Contexts, Narrative and the Language of Modernism
• W. Davies.- 'Death is all Metaphor': Dylan Thomas's Radical Morbidity
• I. Phillips.- 'Shot from the Locks': Poetry, Mourning, Deaths and Entrances
• S. Vine.- Questions of Identity: The Movement and Fern Hill
• J. A. Davies.- 'Oh, for Our Vanished Youth': Avoiding Adulthood in the Later Stories of Dylan Thomas
• J. Williams.- 'Very Profound and Very Box-Office': The Later Poems and Under Milk Wood
• J. Goodby.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA54667094
• ISBN:
  • 0333803949
  • 0333803957
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Houndmills, Hampshire
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 235 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA14256210