The Collected Poems of Idris Davies, The by Idris Davies

The Collected Poems of Idris Davies, The by Idris Davies

For many, Idris Davies (1905-1953) was the archetypal poet of the Welsh Valleys, the poet of protest and passion. Though having the appeal of modern folksong, his work is also richly layered. It champions the ideals of a people struggling to come to terms with the great economic and religious changes of the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Rhymney, Davies worked underground as a miner before later becoming a teacher in London and South Wales. For Islwyn Jenkins, a close friend of the poet's and former Senior Lecturer at Trinity College, Carmarthen, the poetry of Idris Davies is "essentially that of a personal Welsh-English border experience." For Jim Perrin, who has written a new introduction to this collection, he is "the most significant and original Welsh poet to have written in English during the twentieth century.""They are the best poetic document I know about a particular epoch in a particular place, and I think that they really have a claim to permanence... If all poets knew their proper material as he did, there would be less futile verse in the world." - T. S. Eliot"This is poetry which in the best possible sense was meant to be popular; and it is also poetry which can speak to us about its time, but also about ours, as perhaps the best poetry should." - Paul Wright, Gwales.com"The work is humane, dramatic, lyrical, sophisticated with a deceptive strength and a clear sense of rhythm." - Byron Beynon

Idris Davies (1905 - 1953) was a Welsh poet. Sue Shields is an illustrator. She lives in Texas.

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ISBN 13	9781843233077
ISBN 10	184323307X
Title	The Collected Poems of Idris Davies, The
Author	Idris Davies
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gomer Press
Year published	2022-03-15
Number of pages	192
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