The Poetry Of Edward Thomas

The Poetry Of Edward Thomas
Author: Andrew Motion
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011-09-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1446498182

When Edward Thomas died at Arras in 1917 few people thought of him as a poet. Yet in the two years before his death, after a lifetime writing prose, Thomas wrote some of the most enduring poems of his day: poems of war, nature, friendship, despair and exultation. Andrew Motion's pioneering study of Thomas' life and achievement is scholarly yet utterly absorbing, combining an account of his struggles as a writer with perceptive readings of individual poems. Andrew Motion's books include a biography, The Lamberts, George, Constant and Kil, and several prize-winning collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Love in a Life. He is currently writing the authorized biography of Philip Larkin.

The Book Monthly

The Book Monthly
Author: James Milne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 966
Release: 1906
Genre: Bibliography, National
ISBN:

T.P.'s Weekly

T.P.'s Weekly
Author: Thomas Power O'Connor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 944
Release: 1906
Genre: British periodicals
ISBN:

Yeats and Modern Poetry

Yeats and Modern Poetry
Author: Edna Longley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107009855

This book from renowned poetry critic Edna Longley presents fresh, dynamic perspectives on W. B. Yeats' enduring legacy.

Edward Thomas: Prose Writings: A Selected Edition

Edward Thomas: Prose Writings: A Selected Edition
Author: Edna Longley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 806
Release: 2023-10-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0192885707

Edward Thomas can be seen as the most important poetry critic in the early twentieth century. Thomas was a prose-writer before he was a poet. The Selected Edition of his prose, and especially this volume, shows that he was also a critic before he was a poet. His unusual literary career opens up key questions about the relation between poetry and criticism, as well as between poetry and prose. Thomas wrote books about poetry, but his criticism mainly took the form of reviews. He reviewed collections, editions, and studies of poetry, most regularly, for the Daily Chronicle and the Morning Post. These reviews amount to a unique commentary on the state of poetry and of poetry criticism after 1900. Since reviewing provided Thomas's main income, he also reviewed other kinds of book. Hence the sheer mass of his reviews, the stress he suffered as a literary journalist. Yet his criticism maintains an astonishingly high standard. Thomas's response to contemporary poetry intersects with his readings of older poetry. No critic or poet of the time was so deeply acquainted with the traditions of English-language poetry or so alert to new poetic movements in Ireland and America. Edward Thomas's writings on poetry have a double importance. Besides suggesting the hidden evolution of his own aesthetic, they constitute a lost history and critique of poetry before the Great War. They change our assumptions about that period. Thomas's perspectives on poets such as Yeats, Hardy, Frost, Lawrence, and Pound illuminate the making of modern poetry.

Edward Thomas: Prose Writings: a Selected Edition

Edward Thomas: Prose Writings: a Selected Edition
Author: Edward Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 806
Release: 2023-10-05
Genre: Poets, English
ISBN: 0198784341

Edward Thomas can be seen as the most important poetry critic in the early twentieth century. Thomas was a prose-writer before he was a poet. The Selected Edition of his prose, and especially this volume, shows that he was also a critic before he was a poet. His unusual literary career opens up key questions about the relation between poetry and criticism, as well as between poetry and prose. Thomas wrote books about poetry, but his criticism mainly took the form of reviews. He reviewed collections, editions, and studies of poetry, most regularly, for the Daily Chronicle and the Morning Post. These reviews amount to a unique commentary on the state of poetry and of poetry criticism after 1900. Since reviewing provided Thomas's main income, he also reviewed other kinds of book. Hence the sheer mass of his reviews, the stress he suffered as a literary journalist. Yet his criticism maintains an astonishingly high standard. Thomas's response to contemporary poetry intersects with his readings of older poetry. No critic or poet of the time was so deeply acquainted with the traditions of English-language poetry or so alert to new poetic movements in Ireland and America. Edward Thomas's writings on poetry have a double importance. Besides suggesting the hidden evolution of his own aesthetic, they constitute a lost history and critique of poetry before the Great War. They change our assumptions about that period. Thomas's perspectives on poets such as Yeats, Hardy, Frost, Lawrence, and Pound illuminate the making of modern poetry.