Reading David Jones

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Dilworth is Distinguished Professor at the University of Windsor! Canada. He is widely regarded as arguably the leading expert on the poetry of David Jones. He has published prolifically on David Jones for leading UK! French and Canadian presses and was the recipient of the British Council Prize in the Humanities in 1989. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung David Jones' poetry is often regarded as difficult to read owing to his highly original and unfamiliar allusions. This book seeks to provide a guided tour through the poems by making the poetry accessible to the student market and also the non-specialist reader while also providing original and new insights.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Dilworth
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2008
• EAN: 9780708320556
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2055-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: University of Wales Press - Re; University of Wales Press - Re
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; David, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, JONES, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets