The definitive edition of Dylan Thomas's five published volumes of poems: 18 Poems, Twenty-five Poems, The Map of Love, Death & Entrances & In Country Sleep. Dylan Thomas wrote eloquently of his life in all its moods & moments. From the first thrilling mornings of childhood to the acceptance of death at evening, he captures it all in the art & craft of his poetry. Introduced by the poet himself with a passionate seashore ' Prologue', in which the self-styled Noah of poetry builds his ark against ruin, this edition
Includes:: his last, unfinished poem ' Elegy', & the opening of ' In Country Heaven'
- an ambitious project conceived after the dropping of the atom bomb. Visions of creation & mortality