The Page´s Drift: R.S. Thomas at 80

M. Wynn Thomas

R.S. Thomas is one of the most important poets of the post-war period, ’the most resolute religious poetry this century’ (TLS). His influence on British poetry is enormous, while the variety of his themes has brought him a wide and popular audience …

Paul Muldoon

Tim Kendall


Paul Muldoon is firmly established as among the most challenging of contemporary poets. His work ranges from explorations of his native Ulster, and his life there, to more esoteric subjects such as the discovery of America by a medieval Welsh prince …

The Poetry of R.S. Thomas

John Powell Ward

R.S. Thomas is perhaps the greatest living British poet, the author of twenty collections of poetry, a writer of international repute and the subject of increasing critical and academic interest. The Poetry of R.S. Thomas was the first critical work about him, an invaluable volume which has yet to be surpassed. Its author has taken the opportunity to completely revise and update the book reflecting on both the development of Thomas’ career and the poetry collections of the last ten years …

The Presence of the Past

Jeremy Hooker

This new collection of essays explores such urgent concerns in late twentieth century poetry as national and personal identity, and the relationship of history and the present. Jeremy Hooker takes a variety of poets and poems and sets them against each other to produce illuminating insights into the condition of modern poetry as a whole …