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Selected Poems
R. S. Thomas
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. RS Thomas was the greatest religious poet writing in English in the 20th century. His poems are an expression of his lifelong argument with himself, and of his insistent search for God. This title presents a selection of his poems that reveal a wide range of themes and concerns. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
RS 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 with ideas of Welshness, with issues of technology, pollution, the decline of culture. He wrote too about love, about landscape, nature and birds. His is an urgent, prophetic and ... Read more
RS 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 with ideas of Welshness, with issues of technology, pollution, the decline of culture. He wrote too about love, about landscape, nature and birds. His is an urgent, prophetic and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140188905
SKU
V9780140188905
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About 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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