Too Brave to Dream: Encounters with Modern Art
A collection of poems by R.S. Thomas, published here for the first time alongside the works of modern art that inspired them. The poems and notes were found in two volumes on Thomas's bookshelves when he died, Herbert Read's Art Now (1933/1948) and Surrealism (1936), edited by Read and containing...
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A collection of poems by R.S. Thomas, published here for the first time alongside the works of modern art that inspired them. The poems and notes were found in two volumes on Thomas's bookshelves when he died, Herbert Read's Art Now (1933/1948) and Surrealism (1936), edited by Read and containing essays by key figures in the Surrealist movement. Thomas's vivid engagements with the works of art produce a series of dramatic encounters haunted by the recurring presence of conflict and by the struggle of the artist who, in a frequently menacing world, is "too brave to dream."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781780373072 (1780373074)
Publish date: 2017-02-16
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
It never ceases to amaze me how many poems dead authors write - how do they do it? Is there a secret compound somewhere, where recently dead poets are ressurrected and forced to write new poems? Or do they just leave poems on bits of paper hidden in obscure places, not to be discovered until years ...
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