{"product_id":"9781468304077","title":"Dylan Thomas: A New Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe renowned literary biographer offers a “thoroughly well-written” chronicle of the legendary Welsh poet’s life that is “rich in anecdote” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dylan Thomas is as legendary for his raucous life as for his literary genius. The author of the immortal poems \u003ci\u003eDeath Shall Have No Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore I Knocked\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDo Not Go Gentle into That Good Night\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the short story \u003ci\u003eA Christmas in Wales\u003c\/i\u003e, and the “play for voices” \u003ci\u003eUnder Milk Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, published his first book, \u003ci\u003e18 Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1934, when he was only twenty years old.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When he died in New York in 1953, at age thirty-nine, the myths took hold: he became the Keats and the Byron of his generation—the romantic poet who died too young, his potential unfulfilled.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Making masterful use of original material from archives and personal papers, Andrew Lycett describes the development of the young poet, brings valuable new insights to Thomas’s poetry, and unearths fascinating details about the poet’s many affairs and his tempestuous marriage to his passionate Irish wife, Caitlin. The result is a poignant yet stirring portrait of the chaos of Thomas’s personal life and a welcome re-evaluation of the lyricism and experimentalism of his literary legacy.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This is the best biography of the poet I have ever read.” —Robert Nye, \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"ABRAMS, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141409489136,"sku":"9781468304077","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468304077_p0.jpg?v=1769892604","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468304077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}