Dylan Thomas (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Lycett
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1914-1953
- Setting: Swansea, Laugharne, and other towns in Wales; London; New York
- Principal Characters: Dylan Thomas, Caitlin Thomas, Florrie Thomas, D. J. (David John) Thomas, John Malcolm Brinnin, Vernon Watkins
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: 1950’s, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, 1940’s, Poetry or poets, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Drinking or drunkenness, Wales or Welsh people
- Locales: New York, London, England, Swansea, Wales
Dylan Thomas is one of the most important Anglo-American writers of the twentieth century, a poet who helped free his craft from the opacity and inaccessibility imposed by Modernism and a writer who helped bring spirit and personality back into English literature. At the same time, he was a drinker and womanizer whose legends loom even larger than his work. Andrew Lycett does an admirable job balancing these two Thomases, recognizing Dylan's importance at the same time that he cuts through the myths that have grown up about him since his death to paint an accurate picture of the poet's...
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