R. S. Thomas Identity, environment, deity

by Morgan, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780719062490
• ISBN10: 0719062497
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-01
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

"R. S. Thomas not only re-contextualises and reinterprets the poet's major themes of self, nature, and the search for deity, but also breaks new ground with a penetrating investigation of Thomas's long preoccupation with the philosophical and practical implications of science and technology. The book is divided into three parts, each of which interprets the development of a major theme over Thomas's twenty-seven volumes, probing these particular themes and particular poems with a meticulous insight." "The book also treats Thomas's work as a complex and interrelated whole, as a body of work that comprises a single artistic achievement, and assesses that achievement within the context of an array of major literary figures from Montaigne to Seamus Heaney and Wallace Stevens." "R. S. Thomas proves invaluable as a beginner's introduction to the poet, as a student's guide to critical thinking about the poet's work, and as a provocative new step in scholarly studies."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Christopher Morgan has taught in the University of Aberystwyth and now teaches English in the United States.

Table of Contents

Elusive Identities

Poetry as Autobiography

No-one with a Crown of Light

A Poetics of Environment

Green Asylum: the Natural World

Lenses to Bear: the Scientific World

Science and Nature

Expanding Deity

Theologies and beyond

Absence and Presence

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