{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-dylan-thomas-the-original-edition-9780811218818","title":"The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Original Edition","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e contains poems that Thomas personally decided best represented his work. A year before its publication Thomas died from swelling of the brain triggered by excessive drinking. (A piece of New Directions history: it was our founder James Laughlin who identified Thomas' body at the morgue of St. Vincent's Hospital.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since its initial publication in 1953, this book has become the definitive edition of the poet's work. Thomas wrote \"Prologue\" addressed to \"my readers, the strangers\" -- an introduction in verse that was the last poem he would ever write. Also included are classics such as \"And Death Shall Have No Dominion,\" \"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,\" and \"Fern Hill\" that have influenced generations of artists from Bob Dylan (who changed his last name from Zimmerman in honor of the poet), to John Lennon (The Beatles included Thomas' portrait on the cover of \u003cem\u003eSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\u003c\/em\u003e); this collection even appears in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e when it is retrieved from the rubble of a bookshelf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e And death shall have no dominion.\u003cbr\u003e Dead men naked they shall be one\u003cbr\u003e With the man in the wind and the west moon;\u003cbr\u003e When their bones are picked clean and their clean bones gone, \u003cbr\u003e They shall have stars at elbow and foot;\u003cbr\u003e Though they go mad they shall be sane, \u003cbr\u003e Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again, \u003cbr\u003e Though lovers be lost love shall not: \u003cbr\u003e And death shall have no dominion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (From \"And Death Shall Have No Dominion\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuldoon, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Muldoon\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including, most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Word on the Street\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the poetry editor of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and the Howard G. B. Clark '21 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. His awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas, Dylan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDylan Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in Swansea in 1914, is perhaps Wales' best-known writer, widely considered to be one of the major poets of the 20th century, and many of his greatest poems, such as 'Fern Hill' and 'Do not go gentle into that good night' remain among the nation's favorites. As well as poetry, Dylan Thomas wrote numerous short stories and scripts for film and radio - none more popular than his radio play \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUNDER MILK WOOD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (ISBN 9780811229937), which is considered by many to be his masterpiece. He led a fascinating and tempestuous life, permeated by love affairs and reckless bouts of drinking, which led him to claim that he had beast, angel and madman within him. There have been several film adaptations of his fascinating life, which ended all too soon in 1953 when he collapsed and died in New York shortly after his 39th birthday. A memorial stone commemorating his life and work was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607680553234,"sku":"9780811218818","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9001a655-ea57-4c3d-b0be-b4712a4e82ca.jpg?v=1732312036","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-dylan-thomas-the-original-edition-9780811218818","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}