{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-dylan-thomas-the-original-edition","title":"The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Original Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original and classic The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas is available once again, now with a brilliant new preface by Paul Muldoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas contains poems that Thomas personally decided best represented his work. A year before its publication Thomas died from swelling of the brain triggered by excessive drinking. (A piece of New Directions history: it was our founder James Laughlin who identified Thomas’ body at the morgue of St. Vincent’s Hospital.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its initial publication in 1953, this book has become the definitive edition of the poet’s work. Thomas wrote “Prologue” addressed to “my readers, the strangers” ― an introduction in verse that was the last poem he would ever write. Also included are classics such as “And Death Shall Have No Dominion,” “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,” and “Fern Hill” that have influenced generations of artists from Bob Dylan (who changed his last name from Zimmerman in honor of the poet), to John Lennon (The Beatles included Thomas’ portrait on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band); this collection even appears in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road when it is retrieved from the rubble of a bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     And death shall have no dominion.\u003cbr\u003e     Dead men naked they shall be one\u003cbr\u003e     With the man in the wind and the west moon;\u003cbr\u003e     When their bones are picked clean and their clean bones gone,\u003cbr\u003e     They shall have stars at elbow and foot;\u003cbr\u003e     Though they go mad they shall be sane,\u003cbr\u003e     Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again,\u003cbr\u003e     Though lovers be lost love shall not:\u003cbr\u003e     And death shall have no dominion.\u003cbr\u003e             (From “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67654524436787,"sku":"9780811218818","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1108\/1267\/files\/9780811218818.jpg?v=1791826599","url":"https:\/\/slantoflightbooks.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-dylan-thomas-the-original-edition","provider":"Slant of Light Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}