Reading David Jones

by Dilworth, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780708320556
• ISBN10: 0708320554
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-28
• Publisher: Univ of Wales Pr

Summary

Hailed as one of the greatest of the modern poets by both T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden, David Jones (1895-1974) was an important visual artist, one of the most uncategorizable and appreciated native British poets of the twentieth century, an essayist, and a notable illustrator of poetry and works for children. "Reading David Jones" offers a guided tour of Jones's notoriously difficult poetry--accompanied by careful explication, annotation, and commentary--as well as a biographic portrait of this iconic literary figure. While contributing to new scholarship on the poet's work, this volume also eases the difficulties inherent in Jones' modernist form and allusions in order to make his poetry accessible and engaging to the everyday reader.

Author Biography

Thomas Dilworth is a leading expert on the poetry of David Jones. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Windsor, Canada and the author of the British Council Prize–winning The Shape of Meaning in the Poetry of David Jones, among other works.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations of Book Titles Used in the Text
A Short Biography of David Jones
Introduction	p. 1
The Deluge	p. 9
In Parenthesis	p. 20
Wedding Poems	p. 99
The Anathemata	p. 116
The Sleeping Lord	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 231
Further Reading	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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