{"product_id":"echoes-to-the-amen-9780708321911","title":"Echoes to the Amen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. S. Thomas (1913?2000) was a Welsh poet and an Anglican clergyman whose ironic anti-pastorals, poems of filial resentment, bold charting of the new cosmos, and dialogues with Wallace Stevens and Søren Kierkegaard are among the subjects explored in this collection of critical essays. The first volume to appear since the poet?s death in 2000, \u003ci\u003eEchoes to the Amen\u003c\/i\u003e considers the achievement and legacy of a Welsh icon and one of the great poets of the twentieth century, offering a broad and detailed assessment of the full range of Thomas?s distinguished career, as well as engaging new readings of the painful cultural, spiritual, and emotional tensions of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... an impressive range of critical and comparative approaches ... This collection demonstrates clearly that the poet has as much, and more, to say to us than the cultural icon.\" Gwales.com. \"It's an important and welcome addition to Thomas criticism.\" Planet 'Attractively produced with a useful bibliography ...The first collection of new Thomas criticism to be published in English after Thomas's death, Echoes to the Amen pushes the extended conversations and debates about the poet's work in necessary directions.'  World Literature Today","brand":"University of Wales Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037277520215,"sku":"9780708321911","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780708321911.jpg?v=1750935117","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/echoes-to-the-amen-9780708321911","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}