R. S. Thomas : Serial Obsessive

Name: R. S. Thomas
Brand: University of Wales Press
SKU: 9780708326138
Price: 4200 KES
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ISBN: 9780708326138

by M. Wynn Thomas

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0708326137

ISBN-13 9780708326138

Publisher University of Wales Press

Imprint University of Wales Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 28th, 2013

Print length 304 Pages

Weight 600 grams

Dimensions 23.30 x 15.60 x 2.70 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: from c 1900 -Literary studies: poetry & poets Literary studies: poetry and poets

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The study places the work of a major religious poet of the late twentieth century in a number of striking new perspectives that allow him to be viewed for the first time as an 'alternative' war poet, a conscience-stricken pacifist, a jealously opportunistic student of art, and an experimental biographer of the modern soul.

During his lifetime, R. S. Thomas (1913?2000) achieved notoriety as the Ogre of Wales, a Welsh extremist, and a poet of serial obsessions. This volume explores those elements that fueled Thomas?s fiercely intense imagination, including Wales, his family, and his vexed relationship with religion, as well as with his best-known character, Iago Prytherch. Here, these familiar obsessions are set in several unusual contexts that bring his poetry into new relief: his war poems are considered alongside his early work focusing on the English topographical tradition; comparisons with Borges and Levertov underline the international dimensions of his concerns; the intriguing ?secret code? of some of his Welsh-language references is cracked; and his painting-poems, including several hitherto unpublished, are brought to the forefront.

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