The Classic Collection of Dylan Thomas. Stories and Poems. Illustrated

The Classic Collection of Dylan Thomas. Stories and Poems. Illustrated

"The Classic Collection of Dylan Thomas: Stories and Poems" is a literary treasure trove, gathering the rich tapestry of Thomas's evocative storytelling and poignant poetry. At its heart lies "A Child's Christmas in Wales," a nostalgic masterpiece that weaves the magic and innocence of childhood into the fabric of a Welsh Christmas. "Under Milk Wood" stands as one of Thomas's crowning achievements, a radio drama that unveils the lives and dreams of the fictional Welsh seaside town of Llareggub. The language dances with lyrical beauty as Thomas captures the quirks and passions of the townspeople. The collection further showcases Thomas's prose prowess with "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog," a series of autobiographical stories blending humor and introspection. Throughout, his poems, known for their vivid imagery and profound lyricism, include timeless pieces that resonate with the human experience. This anthology, illustrated to enhance the reading experience, invites both devoted fans and new readers to immerse themselves in the poetic landscapes and narrative brilliance of Dylan Thomas. It's a celebration of a literary legacy that continues to captivate hearts and minds with its lyrical beauty and insightful reflections on life, love, and the passage of time." Contents: Stories After the Fair The Tree The True Story The Enemies The Dress The Visitor The Vest The Burning Baby The Orchards The End of the River The Lemon The Horse’s Ha The School for Witches The Mouse and the Woman A Prospect of the Sea The Holy Six Prologue to an Adventure The Map of Love In the Direction of the Beginning An Adventure from a Work in Progress Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog The Peaches A Visit to Grandpa’s Patricia, Edith, and Arnold The Fight Extraordinary Little Cough Just Like Little Dogs Where Tawe Flows Who Do You Wish Was With Us? Old Garbo One Warm Saturday Adventures in the Skin Trade A Fine Beginning Plenty of Furniture Four Lost Souls Quite Early One Morning A Child’s Christmas in Wales Holiday Memory The Crumbs of One Man’s Year Return Journey The Followers Poems Note Prologue I see the boys of summer When once the twilight locks no longer A process in the weather of the heart Before I knocked The force that through the green fuse drives the flower My hero bares his nerves Where once the waters of your face If I were tickled by the rub of love Our eunuch dreams Especially when the October wind When, like a running grave From love’s first fever to her plague In the beginning Light breaks where no sun shines I fellowed sleep I dreamed my genesis My world is pyramid All all and all the dry worlds lever I, in my intricate image This bread I break Incarnate devil Today, this insect The seed-at-zero Shall gods be said to thump the clouds Here in this spring Do you not father me Out of the sighs Hold hard, these ancient minutes in the cuckoo’s month Was there a time Now Why east wind chills A grief ago Ears in the turrets hear How soon the servant sun Foster the light The hand that signed the paper Should lanterns shine I have longed to move away Find meat on bones Grief thief of time And death shall have no dominion Then was my neophyte Altarwise by owl-light Because the pleasure-bird whistles I make this in a warring absence When all my five and country senses see We lying by seasand It is the sinners’ dust-tongued bell O make me a mask The spire cranes After the funeral Once it was the colour of saying Not from this anger How shall my animal The tombstone told when she died On no work of words A saint about to fall ‘If my head hurt a hair’s foot’ Twenty-four years The conversation of prayers A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London Poem in October This side of the truth To Others than You Love in the Asylum Unluckily for a death The hunchback in the park Into her lying down head Do not go gentle into that good night Deaths and Entrances A Winter’s Tale On a Wedding Anniversary There was a saviour On the Marriage of a Virgin In my craft or sullen art Ceremony After a Fire Raid Once below a time When I woke Among those Killed in the Dawn Raid was a Man Aged a Hundred Lie still, sleep becalmed Vision and Prayer Ballad of the Long-legged Bait Holy Spring Fern Hill In Country Sleep Over Sir John’s hill Poem on His Birthday Lament In the White Giant’s Thigh


Auteur | Dylan Thomas
Taal | Engels
Type | E-book
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