Poems of Dylan Thomas

Beloit Poetry Journal, Fall 2003
New Directions has done itself and the poet proud...a perfectly splendid volume.


In the Groove, 3 July 2003
Contains a compact disc of Thomas reading....This clever move gives new readers the chance to hear Thomas's own voice.


Monos, Fall 2003
New Directions have done a fine job in bringing us...the poems from one of the twentieth century's greatest poets.


Santa Fe New Mexican, Miriam Sagan, 24 August 2003
Works of genius mix with the obscure, but it is all pleasurable...the CD makes an excellent addition.


Seattle Times, Sheila Farr, 24 August 2003
Invaluable...Thomas wrote with utter discipline and awesome control. This new edition...serves as a reminder of his power.


Wichita Eagle, Arlice Davenport, 14 December 2003
This is the authoritative edition of the best works of one of the 20th-century masters of English verse.


Wisconsin Bookwatch, October 2003
The most complete edition of the heartfelt works of this noted and influential twentieth-century poet....literate, majestic, and absorbing.


John Wilson, Christianity Today, 8 December 2003
What an astonishing gift [Thomas] had.


Book Description
The most complete edition of the works of one of the twentieth century's greatest poets. This new, revised edition of The Poems of Dylan Thomas is based on the collection edited by Thomas's life-long friend and fellow poet, Daniel Jones, first published by New Directions in 1971. Jones started with the ninety poems Thomas selected for his Collected Poems in 1952 (at a time when the poet expected that many years of work still lay ahead of him) and, after exhaustive research and consideration, added one hundred previously finished, though uncollected, poems (including twenty-six juvenile works), and two unfinished poems, and arranged them all in chronological order of composition, creating the most complete edition of Thomas's poems ever published. This revised edition contains all the original material and incorporates textual corrections. Also included are an Introduction and concise notes by Daniel Jones, a brief chronology of the poet's life, and a compact disc containing vintage recordings of Thomas reading eight of his poems in his famous "Welsh-singing" style, making this edition of The Poems of Dylan Thomas a truly remarkable collection.


About the Author
The reputation of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century has not waned in the fifty years since his death. A Welshman with a passion for the English language, Thomas's poetic voice is distinguished by compact, striking metaphors and a startling array of radiant, surreal and witty images, much of it Christian, Freudian or sprung directly from the wild landscapes of Wales. Thomas celebrated the intricate relationships between procreation, birth, death and love, and wrote, as Thomas himself said, "for the love of Man and in praise of God."


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This revised edition contains all the original material and incorporates textual corrections. Also included are an Introduction and concise notes by Daniel Jones, a brief chronology of the poet's life, and a compact disc containing vintage recordings of Thomas reading eight of his poems in his famous "Welsh-singing" style, making this edition of The Poems of Dylan Thomas a truly remarkable collection.


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