Dylan Thomas: A New Life
Author(s): Andrew Lycett
Dylan Thomas was a romantic and controversial figure; a poet who lived to excess and died young. An inventive genius with a gift for both lyrical phrases and impish humour, he also wrote for films and radio, and was renowned for his stage performances. He became the first literary star in the age of popular culture - a favourite of both T.S. Eliot and John Lennon. As his status as a poet and entertainer increased, so did his alcoholic binges and his sexual promiscuity, threatening to destroy his marriage to his fiery Irish wife Caitlin. As this extraordinary biography reveals, he was a man of many contradictions. But out of his tempestuous life, he produced some of the most dramatic and enduring poetry in the English language.
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Following 50th anniversary of Thomas's death, the paperback coincides with 90th anniversary of his birth Film of Thomas's life, Map of Love, being made by Mick Jagger's production company 'Lycett's biography is, frankly, stunning. He has not only chronicled Thomas's life intricately but also interpreted his relationships with others, putting Thomas's work into context' Martin Booth, Literary Review 'A model of scholarly objectivity...Lycett's definitive, revealing and painful biography reminds us of the human cost of such art' John Carey, Sunday Times 'A disturbing and impressive book about a
Andrew Lycett read history at Oxford University, before becoming a journalist on the Sunday Times where he served as a foreign correspondent. He has been a full-time biographer since 1992, with lives of IAN FLEMING, RUDYARD KIPLING and now DYLAN THOMAS
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.38
- : 01 July 2004
- : 198mm X 129mm X 28mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Andrew Lycett
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 821.912
- : 560
- : Poetry & poets; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Biography & autobiography
- : 16 B/W Photo\Illu(s)