The
Collected
Poems
Since the publication of
Eighteen
Poems.
when Dylan Thomas was
twenty, his work has steadily ac–
quired a larger public and increased
reputation. About his second book,
Dr. Edith Sitwell said in 1936: "The
work of this young rnan is on a huge
scale, both in theme and structural–
ly." Three years later, in reviewing
of
the poems in
TheWorld I Breathe.
Dylan
Thomas
1934-1953
Herbert Read said: "They contain the
most absolute poetry that has been
written in our time." Only recently
Philip Toynbee wrote:
"It
need no
longer be eccentric to claim that
Thomas is the greatest living poet in
the English language."
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