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Subject(s)

• Thomas, Edward 1878-1917 [Browse]
• Farjeon, Eleanor 1881-1965 [Browse]
• Poets, English—20th century—Biography [Browse]

Summary note

• Eleanor Farjeon first met Edward Thomas in the late autumn of 1912, when her brother invited him to tea. It was the beginning of a deep friendship between the painfully shy 31-year-old woman and the reserved writer known for his prose works and literary criticism.
• Though he died at the Battle of Arras in April 1917, it was a friendship which for Eleanor did not end with his death, but lived beyond it in his letters, and his poems, many of which Edward had sent to her from the trenches of the First World War for her comments.
• This double memoir uses Edward's letters and Eleanor's diaries and linking commentary to provide an extraordinarily candid account of their developing friendship, and of the enthusiasms they shared - both loved walking, and it was during this period that Edward first found his way into poetry.
• Edward was often deeply depressed, a man who found in nature something fundamental and ideal, a soldier-poet who wrote about the war in a new way, but Eleanor also shows us another side to his character, capturing moments of joy and humour. She also offers a unique account of Thomas's development as a poet, including the momentous meeting in 1913 with the American poet Robert Frost, whose encouragement led to Thomas's first poems. Thomas describes for her his family, his friendships with other writers, D. H.
• Lawrence among them, and also provides an exceptionally detailed account of his experiences in the First World War with the Artists' Rifles.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• Foreword to 1997 edition / P. J. Kavanagh
• Introduction / Anne Harvey
• 'Easter Monday (In Memoriam E.T.)' / Eleanor Farjeon
• A Foreword / Eleanor Farjeon
• Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years
• Walking Tom / Clifford Bax and Herbert Farjeon
• Walking with Edward Thomas / Eleanor Farjeon
• Edward Thomas and Robert Frost / Eleanor Farjeon
• Selection of Sonnets from Second Love / Eleanor Farjeon.

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ISBN

0750913371

OCLC

36813102

RCP

C - S

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