Most Popular Books by Dylan Thomas

A small boy and his grownup friend discuss Christmases past and present in Wales.

This collection features perhaps Dylan Thomas'' best-known poem, ''Fern Hill'' - a profoundly melancholic and wistful meditation on former times; set in the idyllic Carmarthenshire dairy farm owned by his aunt and uncle when he was a boy. Another beloved poem ''Do not go gentle into that good night'' was written by the poet for his dying father, exploring the themes of grief, loss and death.

Perhaps most famous for UNDER MILK WOOD and his poems ''Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night'', and ''Death Shall have no Dominion'', Dylan Thomas was a hugely colourful and iconic poet whose work was greatly admired by contemporaries such as Edith Sitwell and Sylvia Plath. He wrote well over 380 published poems as well as 50 journal-published poems, pastiches, poems from letters and radio plays. This new edition of the author''s poems looks at his body of work in a new light, including material that was previously overlooked or excluded from collections, as well as bringing to bear advances in critical theory. Most importantly it emphasises how accessible and immediate his work was, demonstrating its relevance to a contemporary audience.

This attractive gift edition of COLLECTED POEMS 1934-53 includes work from DylanThomas''s five published volumes of poetry:18 POEMS,TWENTY FIVE POEMS,THE MAP OF LOVE,DEATH AND ENTRANCES and IN COUNTRY SLEEP.

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Dylan Thomas''s letters bring the poet and his times to life in a way that almost no biography can. First published by J. M. Dent in 1985, Thomas''s Collected Letters received exceptional reviews, both for the scholarship of the editor, and for the quality of the collection. This new edition will bring the letters back into print at a time when interest is renewed in the life of this exceptional writer. The letters begin in the poet¿s schooldays, and end just before his death in New York at the age of 39. In between, he loved, wrote, drank, begged and borrowed his way through a flamboyant life. He was an enthusiastic critic of other writers'' work and the letters are full of his thoughts on his own work and on his friends, as well as unguarded and certainly unpolitical comments on the work of his contemporaries ¿ T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender among others. (¿Spender should be kicked¿Day-Lewis hissed in public and have his balls beaten with a toffee hammer¿) More than a hundred new letters have been added since Paul Ferris edited the first edition of the Collected Letters in 1985. They cast Thomas¿s adolescence in Swansea and his love affair with Caitlin into sharper focus. Thomas¿s letters tell a remarkable story, each letter taking the reader a little further along the path of the poet''s self-destruction, but written with such verve and lyricism that somehow the reader''s sympathies never quite abandon him.

When Carrie Bradshaw in the "Sex and the City" movie began reading Love Letters of Great Men, millions of women wanted to get their hands on the book. Although the book Carrie was reading from was not real, the letters are-including the Beethoven one quoted by Mr. Big at their wedding ceremony. Here are the actual love letters for you to enjoy and treasure! "These letters express such heartfelt emotions and the bliss of new love... I finally realized how men experience love and it is especially beautiful!" - Rebecca of Amazon (Top 500 Reviewer) Featuring: A helpful background sketch for every writer and love letter Nearly 70 photographs of the letter authors and their lovers Most popular and best-selling Love Letters book-thousands of copies sold every year!!! Written by these Great Men: John Adams, Sullivan Ballou, Honor� de Balzac, Ludwig Van Beethoven Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Winston Churchill John Constable, Alfred Duff Cooper, Pierre Curie, Scott F. Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne Henry VI of France, Victor Hugo, James Joyce, Franz Liszt, Jack London, Mozart, Robert Peary Edgar Allen Poe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Robert Schumann, Dylan Thomas, Mark Twain Vincent Van Gogh, Voltaire, Woodrow Wilson

A hauntingly beautiful introduction to one of the greatest literary voices in Welsh history, this collection celebrates the intensely emotional and lyrical poetry of Dylan Thomas. In a unique volume of selected poetry by Dylan Thomas, this anthology collects the most powerful and enchanting work from the Welsh writer. Born and raised in Swansea, Thomas was a soft, quiet, often-ill child, but rose to become a British media star and one of the most recognisable poets of the twentieth century. This collection breathes fresh life into his body of work, featuring masterful poems such as ''In My Craft or Sullen Art'', ''Fern Hill'', and ''Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night''. Ragged Hand proudly introduces this new edition of The Selected Poetry of Dylan Thomas, also featuring his introductory essay, ''How to be a Poet''.

This essential Dylan Thomas - a generous selection of his poems, most important stories, including Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog and Under Milk Wood.