A collection of essays that portray the essence of the England that author, Thomas, knew. The moods and the seasons. To read these essays are to experience what it would have been like to walk with Thomas in Spring when "the larks sing invisible in the white May sky" or in Autumn when "the moon is clear, and the tingling sea is vast and alone". Philip Edward Thomas (3 March 1878 – 9 April 1917) was an Anglo-Welsh writer of prose and poetry. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. Already an accomplished writer, Thomas turned to poetry only in 1914. He enlisted in the army in 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after he arrived in France.
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Philip Edward Thomas was an Anglo-Welsh writer of prose and poetry. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. Already an accomplished writer, Thomas turned to poetry only in 1914. He enlisted in the army in 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after he arrived in France. His Works: Poetry collections: Six Poems, under pseudonym Edward Eastaway, Pear Tree Press, 1916. Poems, Holt, 1917. Last Poems, Selwyn & Blount, 1918. Collected Poems, Selwyn & Blount, 1920. Two Poems, Ingpen & Grant, 1927. The Poems of Edward Thomas, R. George Thomas (ed), Oxford University Press, 1978 Poemoj (Esperanto translation), Kris Long (ed & pub), Burleigh Print, Bracknell, Berks, 1979. Edward Thomas: A Mirror of England, Elaine Wilson (ed), Paul & Co., 1985. The Poems of Edward Thomas, Peter Sacks (ed), Handsel Books, 2003. The Annotated Collected Poems, Edna Longley (ed), Bloodaxe Books, 2008. Fiction: The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans (novel), 1913 Essay collections: Horae Solitariae, Dutton, 1902. Oxford, A & C Black, 1903. Beautiful Wales, Black, 1905. The Heart of England, Dutton, 1906. The South Country, Dutton, 1906 (reissued by Tuttle, 1993). Rest and Unrest, Dutton, 1910. Light and Twilight, Duckworth, 1911. The Last Sheaf, Cape, 1928.
