The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Original Edition

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The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Original Edition

The original and classic The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas is available once again, now with a brilliant new preface by Paul Muldoon.

The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas contains poems that Thomas personally decided best represented his work. A year before its publication Thomas died from swelling of the brain triggered by excessive drinking. (A piece of New Directions history: it was our founder James Laughlin who identified Thomasâ€™ body at the morgue of St. Vincentâ€™s Hospital.)

Since its initial publication in 1953, this book has become the definitive edition of the poetâ€™s work. Thomas wrote â€œPrologueâ€ addressed to â€œmy readers, the strangersâ€ â€” an introduction in verse that was the last poem he would ever write. Also included are classics such as â€œAnd Death Shall Have No Dominion,â€ â€œDo Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,â€ and â€œFern Hillâ€ that have influenced generations of artists from Bob Dylan (who changed his last name from Zimmerman in honor of the poet), to John Lennon (The Beatles included Thomasâ€™ portrait on the cover of Sgt. Pepperâ€™s Lonely Hearts Club Band); this collection even appears in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthyâ€™s The Road when it is retrieved from the rubble of a bookshelf.

Â Â Â Â And death shall have no dominion.

Â Â Â Â Dead men naked they shall be one

Â Â Â Â With the man in the wind and the west moon;

Â Â Â Â When their bones are picked clean and their clean bones gone,

Â Â Â Â They shall have stars at elbow and foot;

Â Â Â Â Though they go mad they shall be sane,

Â Â Â Â Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again,

Â Â Â Â Though lovers be lost love shall not:

Â Â Â Â And death shall have no dominion.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (From â€œAnd Death Shall Have No Dominionâ€)

Country	USA
Author	Dylan Thomas
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Original ed.
EISBN	9780811223089
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	New Directions
Manufacturer	New Directions
NumberOfPages	240
PublicationDate	2010-04-23
Publisher	New Directions
ReleaseDate	2013-08-20
Studio	New Directions

The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Original Edition

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