Edward Thomas: The Origins of his Poetry is a critical study of the early twentieth century English poet Edward Thomas (1878–1917), who is known for the poems he wrote during World War I. Judy Kendall offers close readings of Thomas’s poems, prose, and letters, all the while illuminating his close relationship to nature; connections between his approach to composition and the writing of Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, and William James; and the influence of Japanese aesthetics on his works. Kendall’s study also presents surprising and insightful ideas about poetic composition in general.
239 pages | 3 halftones | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2012
University of Wales Press - Writing Wales in English
Literature and Literary Criticism: British and Irish Literature
Reviews
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text and Abbreviations
Introduction: Studying the Composing Process
1. Starting Points—How Poems Emerge
2. Poetry and Oral Literature
3. Ellipses and Aporia
4. Gaps
5. Unfinishedness . . .
6. Temporal Dislocation
7. Dislocating Thought
8. Divagations
Appendices
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index