When Edward Thomas died at Arras in 1917 few people thought of him as a poet. Yet in the two years before his death, after a lifetime writing prose, Thomas wrote some of the most enduring poems of his day: poems of war, nature, friendship, despair and exultation. Andrew Motion's pioneering study of Thomas' life and achievement is scholarly yet utterly absorbing, combining an account of his struggles as a writer with perceptive readings of individual poems.
Andrew Motion's books include a biography, The Lamberts, George, Constant and Kil, and several prize-winning collections of poetry, the most recent of which is Love in a Life. He is currently writing the authorized biography of Philip Larkin.
- ISBN10 0701185600
- ISBN13 9780701185602
- Publish Date 18 May 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Hogarth
- Format Paperback
- Pages 193
- Language English