Background to Dylan Thomas, and other explorations / Gwyn Jones
1992, First Edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404246
ISBN: 0198112831
Physical description; viii, 210 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Background to Dylan Thomas. Anglo-Welsh literature, 1934-1946: a personal view -- 2. The Golden Cockerel Mabinogion, 1944-1948 -- 3. Three poetical-prayer makers of the Island of Britain -- 4. A mighty man in Sion: Caradoc Evans, 1878-1945 -- 5. Welsh Dylan, 1914-1953: an obituary -- 6. Son of the late Earl Rivers: Richard Savage, 1697-1743 -- 7. On first planting a library -- 8. The novel and society -- 9. Here be dragons: a view of the nature and function of heroic poetry -- 10. The legendary history of Olaf Tryggvason -- 11. The Viking world -- 12. Address to my friends, 24 May 1987 -- Index. Subjects; Thomas, Dylan 1914-1953. Thomas, Dylan 1914-1953 Criticism and interpretation. Literature History and criticism. Vikings.
Price: €18.00