The Poetry Of Edward Thomas
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
| Author: | Andrew Motion | ISBN: | 9781446498187 |
| Publisher: | Random House | Publication: | September 30, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andrew Motion |
| ISBN: | 9781446498187 |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication: | September 30, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
