Book Description
This collection of essays on one of the 20th century's most popular yet critically neglected authors explores the full range of Dylan Thomas's work. It uses approaches--such as Marxism, feminism, and deconstruction--previously neglected by critics and focuses on his complex relationships with surrealism, modernism, Wales, popular culture, the US, and his own contemporaries. This book helps restore Thomas to his rightful place as a major 20th-century literary figure and cultural icon.


About the Author
John Goodby is Head of the School of English at Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales.

Chris Wigginton is lecturer in English at the University of Wales, Swansea.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This collection of essays on one of the 20th century's most popular yet critically neglected authors explores the full range of Dylan Thomas's work. It uses approaches-such as Marxism, feminism, and deconstruction-previously neglected by critics and focuses on his complex relationships with surrealism, modernism, Wales, popular culture, the US, and his own contemporaries. This book helps restore Thomas to his rightful place as a major 20th-century literary figure and cultural icon.

Author Biography: John Goodby is Head of the School of English at Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales.