THE COLLECTED POEMS
OF DYLAN THOMAS
1934-1953
PHILIP TOYNBEE:
"Seeing the scope and intensity of the total work
it need no longer be eccentric to claim that Thomas is the greatest
living poet in the English language."
NEW
REPUBLIC:
"More than any other poet of his generation he has
the power to think poetically, to resolve speech.••."
HARPER'S MAGAZINE:
"With each rereading of a Thomas poem
we discover new depths of meaning. What is constant is the dazzling
clarity of ..• imagery, emotion, and movement."
NEW
YORKER:
"In a period when emotional blankness and inertia
pervade poetry in general, Thomas' power to feel joy and express
exuberance sets him apart and makes his work interesting and valuable.•••"
SATURDAY REVIEW:
"One of the virtues of this experimental poetry,
indeed, is that it holds onto, or recaptures some of poetry's best
traditions."
CYRIL CONNOLLY:
"At his best he is unique, for he distils an
exquisite mysterious moving quality which defies analysis as supreme
lyrical poetry always has and-let us hope-always will."
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