Buy this book on-line DAVIES, JAMES A: : DYLAN THOMAS'S PLACES - A biographical and literary guideWALES.SWANSEA.CHRISTOPHER DAVIES(Publishers)LTD,1987. ISBN 071540654X.
WALES,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.8vo, 210pp.Profusely illustrated with b/w contemporary and modern photographs, detailed street plans and maps.
One of the functions of this book is to show the complexities of Thomas's biographical geography.Another is to show how real places are
used in his writings.The guide book format - a new approach to Thomas's life and work - enables both to be seen in new ways.This volume covers all the key areas of DYLAN'S literary and biographical landscapes,with special sections on SWANSEA,'the best place'; LAUGHARNE,'this wet idyllic tomb'; LONDON,'city of the restless dead'; and NEW YORK,'nightmare city,cosy as toast'. Not only for Thomas specialists but also general readers who as a local,tourist, visitor or armchair traveller is interested in places that have acquired a special significance because of their connection with a famous personality or that personality's famous works.
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