The Essential Dylan Thomas

Explore the profound and imaginative world of Dylan Thomas in this unique collection, bringing together the full spectrum of his literary brilliance. From the mesmerizing verses of his poetry to the enchanting narratives of his prose works, this anthology provides an immersive journey through the creative genius of one of the 20th century's most celebrated poets.
This edition includes:
Poetry:
I see the boys of summer
When once the twilight locks no longer
Before I knocked
My hero bares his nerves
Our eunuch dreams
When, like a running grave
In the beginning
I fellowed sleep
I dreamed my genesis
My world is pyramid
I, in my intricate image
This bread I break
Incarnate devil
Today, this insect
The seed-at-zero
Here in this spring
Do you not father me
Out of the sighs
Was there a time
Now
Why east wind chills
A grief ago
Ears in the turrets hear
How soon the servant sun
Foster the light
Should lanterns shine
I have longed to move away
Find meat on bones
Grief thief of time
And death shall have no dominion
Then was my neophyte
Altarwise by owl-light
We lying by seasand
O make me a mask
The spire cranes
After the funeral
Not from this anger
How shall my animal
On no work of words
A saint about to fall
'If my head hurt a hair's foot'
Twenty-four years
The conversation of prayers
Poem in October
This side of the truth
To Others than You
Love in the Asylum
Unluckily for a death
Into her lying down head
Do not go gentle into that good night
Deaths and Entrances
A Winter's Tale
Plays:
Under Milk Wood
Prose Works:
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Adventures in the Skin Trade
A Child's Christmas in Wales
The School for Witches
The Burning Baby
Quite Early One Morning
The Mouse and the Woman
A Prospect of the Sea
After the Fair
The Enemies
The Tree
The True Story
The Dress
The Visitor
The Vest
The Orchards
The End of the River
The Lemon
The Horse's Ha
The Holy Six
The Map of Love
In the Direction of the Beginning
Prologue to an Adventure
An Adventure from a Work in Progress
Holiday Memory
Gaspar, Melchior, Balthasar
The Followers
In the Garden...

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood. He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then, he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet".