Selected Poems
$39.08
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2004
Summary
‘One of the most uncompromising, purest and most sustained lyric voices of his century’ - Guardian
R.S. Thomas was the greatest religious poet writing in English in the 20th century, but the 270 poems he chose for this definitive selection reveal a wide range of themes and concerns. He was a passionate Welsh patriot, but also an outspoken critic of his countrymen. His poems are an expression of his lifelong argument with himself, of his insistent search for God. In them he grapples wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140188905 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140188908 |
| Author: | R.S. Thomas |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2004 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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R.S. Thomas
RS Thomas was born in 1913 and ordained as an Anglican clergyman in 1936. He was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1964. His great passion was the Welsh language, and he was an outspoken campaigner on political issues. He died in 2000.
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