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Selected Poems of Edward Thomas [Paperback]

Edward Thomas , Matthew Hollis
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (4 Aug 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571235697
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571235698
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 120,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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An important collection from one of Britain's most influential First World War poets.

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When Edward Thomas was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917 his poems were largely unpublished. But in the years since his death, his work has come to be cherished for its rare, sustained vision of the natural world and as 'a mirror of England' (Walter de la Mare). This edition, drawn from Thomas's manuscripts and typescripts as well as from his published works, offers an accessible introduction to this most resonant - and relevant - of poets.

'In his lifetime, he was known and loved by a very, loving few. Now, since his death, he is known and loved by very many, and yearly this is more so. There is in his poems and unassumingly profound sense of permanence. A war came and ditched him, but his poems stay with no other wounds than those which caused them.' Dylan Thomas

'A very fine poet. And a poet all in his own right. The accent is absolutely his own.' Robert Frost

'The one hundred and forty poems he wrote in the last two years of his life are a miracle. I can think of no body of work in English that is more mysterious.' Michael Longley


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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I have an old R S Thomas selected poems, the Walter De La Mare Collected poems (both from the 1970s) and Edna Longley's excellent annotated edition from Bloodaxe but this new Faber edition is good as it contains a new slant on Thomas from Hollis in his introduction and a good selection of the poems, prose works and diaries. I would recommend this as well as the new biography from Hollis, based on the last years of the poet's life, to anyone interested in Edward Thomas's poetry and this particular period around the First World War in England.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
An underrated poet; 11 Nov 2011
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This is a lovely set of poems. I am not normally a reader of poetry but these are somehow different. This is almost wholly due to the introduction by Matthew Hollis(also his recent biography)which helps to set them in context.Thomas's intimate knowledge of countryside shines through. One gets a feeling of a man who has at last found the correct milieu in which to express himself. All set against the background of the First World War. Do give this a try.
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