Edward Thomas
Edward Thomas, who was killed in 1917 just as he was discovering his true vocation, is firmly established as a significant war poet and is particularly admired for his troubled evocations of English landscape. This new study concentrates on a selection of characteristic poems, including key anthology pieces such as 'Adlestrop', and will be of interest both to readers who already know Edward Thomas and those looking for an introduction to his work.
About the author:
John Greening is a poet and critic. He is the author of Student Guides to the Poets of the First World War and to W.B. Yeats. His selected poems, Hunts, was published by Greenwich Exchange in 2009.
54 pages
ISBN: 978-1-906075-28-6
Edward Thomas, who was killed in 1917 just as he was discovering his true vocation, is firmly established as a significant war poet and is particularly admired for his troubled evocations of English landscape. This new study concentrates on a selection of characteristic poems, including key anthology pieces such as 'Adlestrop', and will be of interest both to readers who already know Edward Thomas and those looking for an introduction to his work.
About the author:
John Greening is a poet and critic. He is the author of Student Guides to the Poets of the First World War and to W.B. Yeats. His selected poems, Hunts, was published by Greenwich Exchange in 2009.
54 pages
ISBN: 978-1-906075-28-6
Edward Thomas, who was killed in 1917 just as he was discovering his true vocation, is firmly established as a significant war poet and is particularly admired for his troubled evocations of English landscape. This new study concentrates on a selection of characteristic poems, including key anthology pieces such as 'Adlestrop', and will be of interest both to readers who already know Edward Thomas and those looking for an introduction to his work.
About the author:
John Greening is a poet and critic. He is the author of Student Guides to the Poets of the First World War and to W.B. Yeats. His selected poems, Hunts, was published by Greenwich Exchange in 2009.
54 pages
ISBN: 978-1-906075-28-6