Dylan Thomas: The Country of the Spirit

by Rushworth M Kidder

Book Overview

Since the Bible appears so frequently in Dylan Thomas' work, some critics have decided that he must be a religious poet. Others, noting blasphemous statements and certain irreligious aspects of Thomas' personal life, contend that he was no such thing. Rushworth M. Kidder, investigating this problem, looks below the surface of the obviously religious imagery and discovers a more profound poetry.

The first part of this book discusses the nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691619034
• ISBN13: 9780691619033
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"