Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG
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Dylan Thomas in choosing a title for his 'autobiography'
would seem to be having a sly joke at the surrealists' expense.
And this sense of puckish humour pervades the 'portrait'—
one of the best examples of 'poetry in prose' in modern
literature. Swinburne and Browning wrote this kind of prose,
but no poet has ever recaptured the morning light as com-
pletely as Thomas; fiction only thinly disguises here what it
was like for Dylan to be a child, a schoolboy and a young
man in Wales before he came to London.4 Time and again a
small detail recaptures the very essence of childhood,' said
Time and Tide, 'and exact expression is given to something
which one supposed to be unique and inexpressible.' The
Spectator, after reading the book, found that 'the distin-
guishing qualities of Mr Thomas's poetry' were 'its singular
imagery and its rhythmical vigour—these together with a
remarkable narrative facility were... Tovább

Fülszöveg

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG
AnAldine Paperback
Dylan Thomas in choosing a title for his 'autobiography'
would seem to be having a sly joke at the surrealists' expense.
And this sense of puckish humour pervades the 'portrait'—
one of the best examples of 'poetry in prose' in modern
literature. Swinburne and Browning wrote this kind of prose,
but no poet has ever recaptured the morning light as com-
pletely as Thomas; fiction only thinly disguises here what it
was like for Dylan to be a child, a schoolboy and a young
man in Wales before he came to London.4 Time and again a
small detail recaptures the very essence of childhood,' said
Time and Tide, 'and exact expression is given to something
which one supposed to be unique and inexpressible.' The
Spectator, after reading the book, found that 'the distin-
guishing qualities of Mr Thomas's poetry' were 'its singular
imagery and its rhythmical vigour—these together with a
remarkable narrative facility were also the marks of his
prose'.
' He has an imagination of scene and poetic eloquence far superior to those
possessed by any of his immediate contemporaries.' Observer.
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