Background to Dylan Thomas and Other Explorations
Background to Dylan Thomas and Other Explorations
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A collection of 12 essays and addresses on themes ranging from Anglo-Welsh literature and the nature of Dylan Thomas, Richard Savage, R.S. Thomas and David Jones, to the Vikings and critical approaches to the novel.
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Background to Dylan Thomas and Other Explorations by Gwyn Jones
These twelve essays and addresses range widely from consideration of the nature of Anglo-Welsh literature to incisive commentary on critical approaches to the European novel. Authors such as Dylan Thomas, Richard Savage, and Caradoc Evans (the "best-hated Welshman of them all") come under Jones's sympathetic scrutiny; there is incisive analysis of the Heroic poetry of the Welsh, Norse, and English peoples. Here too are some reflections on Viking themes, an area in which Gwyn Jones has established a worldwide reputation. Jones's critical insights and literary judgments are constantly enlivened by his genial personality and a gift for vivid description, expressed in prose that is both thoughtful and nonchalant. These explorations are the witty and lively writings of a man whose heart is in Wales, but whose head allows him to range freely across the wider world.
Jones, Mari C.: - Mari C. Jones is Reader in French Linguistics and Language Change at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in Modern and Medieval Languages at Peterhouse, Cambridge. A highly experienced fieldworker, she has published extensively on language obsolescence and revitalisation in relation to Insular and Continental Norman, Welsh and Breton. Her recent publications include Keeping Languages Alive (2013, edited with Sarah Ogilvie).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198112839 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198112831 |
| Title | Background to Dylan Thomas and Other Explorations |
| Author | Gwyn Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 219 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |