Author: Hilly Janes
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849547475
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Dylan Thomas was one of the most extraordinary poetic talents of the twentieth century. Poems such as 'Do not go gentle into that good night' regularly top polls of the nation's favourites and his much-loved play Under Milk Wood has never been out of print. Thomas lived a life that was rarely without incident and died a death that has gone down in legend as the epitome of Bohemian dissoluteness. In The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas, journalist Hilly Janes explores that life and its extraordinary legacy through the eyes of her father, the artist Alfred Janes, who was a member of Thomas's inner circle and painted the poet at three key moments: in 1934, 1953 and, posthumously, 1964. Using these portraits as focal points, and drawing on a personal archive that includes drawings, diaries, letters and new interviews with omas's friends and descendants, The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas plots the poet's tempestuous journey from his birthplace in Swansea to his early death in a New York hospital in 1953. In this innovative and powerful narrative, Hilly Janes paints her own portrait: one that ventures beneath Thomas's reputation as a feckless, disloyal, boozy Welsh bard to reveal a much more complex character.
Author: Dylan Thomas
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811227952
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 543
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The most complete and current edition of Dylan Thomas' collected poetry in a beautiful gift edition celebrating the centenary of his birth The reputation of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century has not waned in the fifty years since his death. A Welshman with a passion for the English language, Thomas’s singular poetic voice has been admired and imitated, but never matched. This exciting, newly edited annotated edition offers a more complete and representative collection of Dylan Thomas’s poetic works than any previous edition. Edited by leading Dylan Thomas scholar John Goodby from the University of Swansea, The Poems of Dylan Thomas contains all the poems that appeared in Collected Poems 1934-1952, edited by Dylan Thomas himself, as well as poems from the 1930-1934 notebooks and poems from letters, amatory verses, occasional poems, the verse film script for “Our Country,” and poems that appear in his “radio play for voices,” Under Milk Wood. Showing the broad range of Dylan Thomas’s oeuvre as never before, this new edition places Thomas in the twenty-first century, with an up-to-date introduction by Goodby whose notes and annotations take a pluralistic approach.
Author: Caitlin Thomas
Publisher: Virago Press
ISBN: 9781860497254
Category : Alcoholics' spouses
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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From the moment they met at a pub in London, drink was the most conspicuous part of the lives of Caitlin and her ls"genius poet', Dylan Thomas. It fuelled their sexual adventures, lessened their shyness and enriched their social life. This searing book is Caitlin's story of the passions, the rage and the tragic humour of those years of drink and the toll it took on the lives of two talented people, leaving one of them dead at the age of thirty-nine, and the other alone, penniless and an alcoholic. It is also the memoir of a woman not always likeable, but consistently energetic and honest and possessing an indomitable spirit.
Author: Dylan Thomas
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811202084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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A dazzling collection of prose from one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century.
Author: Andrew Lycett
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1780227485
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n' roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Dylan Thomas was a romantic and controversial figure; a poet who lived to excess and died young. An inventive genius with a gift for both lyrical phrases and impish humour, he also wrote for films and radio, and was renowned for his stage performances. He became the first literary star in the age of popular culture - a favourite of both T.S. Eliot and John Lennon. As his status as a poet and entertainer increased, so did his alcoholic binges and his sexual promiscuity, threatening to destroy his marriage to his fiery Irish wife Caitlin. As this extraordinary biography reveals, he was a man of many contradictions. But out of his tempestuous life, he produced some of the most dramatic and enduring poetry in the English language.
Author: Constantine FitzGibbon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Documented biography of the Welsh poet by a friend who made use of all papers, private and unpublished, to write the first full-scale account.
Author: Dylan Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Author: Paul Ferris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753810835
Category : Poets, Welsh
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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First published in 1977, this biography is regarded by many as the definitive account of Dylan Thomas' life. As the editor of Thomas' letters, Paul Ferris had access to many of the intimate sources and, since Caitlin Thomas' death, has discovered 90 unpublished letters, many to Caitlin herself.
Author: James Nashold
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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When Dylan Thomas died in 1953 at the height of his fame, his death was widely believed to have been caused by his chronic alcoholism. This book explores recent discoveries which show that he was in fact a diabetic who was given the wrong treatment at his New York hospital - the treatment that this book claims led to his death. The book aims to establish what really happened, and to trace the life of his wife Caitlin following his death, when no one doubted she was equally to blame for his death, and she fled the country. The events of Caitlin's life after this are explored, from her settling in Italy, to her feuding with her children by Dylan and the trustees of his estate, her fourth child at the age of 49, and her refusal to marry again.
Author: Caitlin Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors' spouses
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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