
Dai Greatcoat : A Self-Portrait of David Jones in his Letters
by David Jones
Title:
Dai Greatcoat : A Self-Portrait of David Jones in his Letters
Author:
David Jones
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
284 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571339525
EAN:
9780571339525
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
472
Dimensions (mm):
226 x 198 x 26
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'The mind of David Jones is capable of such breathtaking leaps across the centuries, that nothing can appear incongruous in his writings and they all help to shed light on him as an artist and as a poet.' ApolloThrough a selection of letters to friends and literary peers, Dai Greatcoat presents a rare insight into the life and work of David Jones, and in so doing offers an autobiographical portrait of the author in his own words. Dai Greatcoat is the Welsh soldier of In Parenthesis, Jones's acclaimed narrative of the Great War, but the sturdy yet all too vulnerable figure, wrapped close in his 'misfit outsize greatcoat', is an apt symbol for the great poet and artist who died in 1974. In this volume covering the last fifty years of his life, Jones's correspondence has been edited and arranged with a linking commentary to form a remarkable biographical portrait. The letters - merry, irreverent, sometimes sombre and anxious, always amazingly open - are unfailingly entertaining and will reveal to his many admirers, as well as to those encountering his work for the first time, a figure no one could possibly forget.


















