R.S. Thomas: Poems to Elsi - Softcover

R.S. Thomas; Damian Walford-Davies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781721114 ISBN 13: 9781781721117

Publisher: Seren, 2013

Synopsis

Celebrate the R. S Thomas centenary with this excellent volume that draws together 52 poems (2 previously unpublished) by Thomas to his wife, the distinguished artist Mildred E Eldridge - known as Elsi - from early meditations on their relationship to the elegies following her death.

This revelatory collection dramatises the changing dynamics of a complex and vitally creative relationship. Poems on marriage, cohabitation, birthdays, anniversaries, family and bereavement offer a candid portrait of emotional intimacy, desire, the painful process of ageing, and of loss. Elsi is a complex presence here: to the 'to' in the title signifies not only 'addressed to' but also 'about', 'with an eye on', 'to be overheard by', and even in one case 'from'.

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About the Author

R.S. Thomas (1913-2000) was one of the leading poets in post-war Britain, the foremost English language poet in Wales and the outstanding religious poet of his time. The author of over twenty collections of poetry he was nominated for the Nobel Prize
Damian Walford Davies is a poet, writer and librettist. He is the author of three Seren collections Suit of Lights (2009), Witch (2012) and Judas (2015), together with the pamphlet Alabaster Girls (Rack Press, 2015) and the co-written volume, Whiteout (Parthian, 2006). He is Head of the Schoolof English, Communication & Philosophy at Cardiff University, where he specialises in Romanticism, the two literatures of Wales, and Creative Writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seren
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781721114
• ISBN 13: 9781781721117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Editor: Damian Walford-Davies