Poetry
Автор:
Edward ThomasЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2025-02-14Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
22
Description
Edward Thomas was a literary critic, biographer, and travel and nature writer for decades before he turned his hand to poetry at the age of thirty-six, at the suggestion of his close friend Robert Frost.
World War I broke out shortly after this decision, and in 1915 Thomas enlisted. His first book of poetry, Six Poems, was published in 1916. In 1917, as his next collection, Poems, was being prepared for print, he was killed in action in France. What remained of his poetry was published posthumously, his career as a poet cut short after just three years.
Though his contemporaries knew him best for...
