Quite Early One Morning: Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (570 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811202089 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 155 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Thomas also wrote captivating short stories, a novella, several screenplays and radio plays, as well as his delightful stage play, Under Milk Woodall infused with his passion for the English language and his enduring love of Wales. . His work, noted for its lush metaphors, musicality, and playfulness within traditional forms, was largely responsible for modernizing poetic verse. The reputation of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) as one of the greatest poets of the
“…a scintillating and enriching volume… This is the closest we shall come to the autobiography of one of the finest lyric poets of our time, and I must say I find it delightful.” (Edward Weeks - The Atlantic)“altogether a rich sampling of a man whose sensuousness reached far into both comedy and mysticism.” (Newsweek)“The language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance.” (New York Times)
Guillermo Maynez said Poems of nostalgia and Wales. This book is a compilation of Thomas' sessions at the BBC. There are poems in prose and in verse. His style transmits nostalgia for his native Wales. Some of the best parts are his sketches of other Welch poets. A highly recommendable book by one very good poet, the same one who died in New York at the Chelsea hotel, after having more than Poems of nostalgia and Wales Guillermo Maynez This book is a compilation of Thomas' sessions at the BBC. There are poems in prose and in verse. His style transmits nostalgia for his native Wales. Some of the best parts are his sketches of other Welch poets. A highly recommendable book by one very good poet, the same one who died in New York at the Chelsea hotel, after having more than 40 scotchs with soda. His poetry is rhythmical and clear, very imaginative and precise.. 0 scotchs with soda. His poetry is rhythmical and clear, very imaginative and precise.. "Brilliant Prose!" according to Kytka Hilmar-Jezek. You have to read Dylan Thomas to get it. Maybe have a scotch while you are reading A true artist and gone too soon from the world.
Many of the 25 short stories, autobiographical sketches and essays in Quite Early One Morning, a volume planned by Thomas shortly before his death, were read by him on such occasions. A dazzling collection of prose from one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century. In England and America Dylan Thomas made his art and personality widely known through public readings, radio broadcasts and recordings. Included in this collection of prose pieces are such favorites as the hilarious "A Visit to America," the account of a small boy’s marvelous day’s outing––"A Story," and the memorable "A Child’s Christmas in Wales" which has been called ’the twentieth century Christmas Carol.’ Other pieces show Thomas’s power as a sensitive critic of poetry and as an exponent of his own intent as a poet.. They are alive with his verbal magic, his intense perception of life, his gargantuan humor and with the very ring of his voice