ASIN: B07ND3MBJR
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 288
When in 1915 Edward Thomas… was asked by a friend what he thought he was fighting for, he bent down and picked up a pinch of earth. ‘Literally, for this’, he answered.Edward Thomas, the eldest of six sons to Welsh parents, was born in London in 1878. From humble beginnings, Thomas, a shy young man who was often disillusioned, went on to become one of the most distinctive voices in modern British poetry. Influenced by late Victorian traditions, Thomas also found inspiration in his close friendships with his own contemporaries, including the American poet Robert Frost.The lucidity of his work renders it timeless and often neither Victorian, Georgian, or truly modern. His early work illustrates a profound love for the English countryside; its landscape, inhabitants and ancient traditions. Thomas’s own personal anxieties also feature heavily in his writing, revealing the torment of ...
