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Dylan Thomas’ Swansea, Gower and Laugharne
New Edition
New Edition
James A. Davies begins his study when Thomas’s father arrives in Swansea and offers background on both the city’s history and literary tradition. A tour of the author’s Swansea follows, in which Davies highlights the places where Thomas grew up and developed his craft, demonstrating how elements of the city made their way into Thomas’s writing. Davies also chronicles Thomas’s time on the Gower Peninsula and in Laugharne, again revealing the impact of each on Thomas’s imagery. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps, Dylan Thomas’ Swansea, Gower and Laugharne is a unique literary guide that will appeal to anyone interested in knowing more about the geographical and cultural associations found within Thomas’s celebrated poetry.
128 pages | 8 color plates, 13 halftones | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2014
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chronological Summary
I Swansea – ‘the best place’
Background – from Jack to ‘D.J.’
Dylan Thomas’s Swansea
Dylan Thomas and Swansea’s literary history
Dylan Thomas’s Swansea – Cwmkonkin, Uplands and Sketty
Cwmdonkin
Cwmdonkin Drive
5 Cwmkonkin Drive
To Sketty via Cwmdonkin Park
Cwmkonkin Park
To Sketty – via Uplands
‘Warmley’
Dylan Thomas’s Swansea – city centre
The Dylan Thomas Centre to the Grammar School
Kardomah Café
Grammar School to 5 Cwmdonkin Drive via Terrace Road
Grammar School to 5 Cwmdonkin Drive via Walter Road
De la Beche Street to the Bay View Hotel via St Helen’s Road
The Dylan Thomas Centre to Mumbles
Oystermouth and Mumbles
2 Gower – ‘the loveliest sea-coast’
Dylan Thomas’s Gower – an introduction
Dylan Thomas and Gower’s literary history
Dylan Thomas’s Gower
Killay to Vennaway Lane
Langland to Vennaway Lane
Vennaway Lane to Rhosili
Rhosili
3 Laugharne – ‘this timeless, mild, beguiling island’
Dylan Thomas’s Laugharne – a brief history
Laugharne’s literary history
Dylan thomas and Laugharne
Laugharne and Under Milk Wood
Dylan Thomas’s Laugharne
Castle car park to ‘Eros’
Castle car park to the ‘Boat House’ via Wogan Street
Castle car park to the ‘Boat House’ via the Foreshore
‘Work Hut’ and the ‘Boat House’
The ‘Boat House’ to St Martin’s Church
Further Reading
Index