Where Have the Old Words Got Me? Explications of Dylan Thomas's Collected Poems

"Where have the old words got me?" is the authoritative reader's guide to Dylan Thomas's Collected Poems, 1934-1953, providing explications of every poem in the collection. Working from the principle that Thomas's life offers the key to his poetry, Ralph Maud integrates critical commentary with biographical detail to elucidate Thomas's works. His aim is to allow readers to understand better the complex imagery and narrative movements of Thomas's work, and to provide the basis for renewed critical investigation of the poetry"--Back Cover.