Edward Thomas
Thomas was primarily a poet but his early prose work, including novels and nature essays, is of considerable distinction. The South Country is a classic of English landscape prose, and his semi-fictional The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans is an engaging novel.
Works
- The Happy-Go-Lucky MorgansNovel of a working-class family's struggles and simple pleasures in Wales
- The South CountryEssays exploring the landscape and character of southern England
- The Icknield WayTopographical essay following an ancient English road through the landscape
- In Pursuit of SpringLyrical essay chronicling a journey through England in springtime
- Rest and UnrestEssays exploring themes of peace, war, and the rural English landscape
- Collected PoemsCollected poems reflecting on nature, place, and memory in English rural settings
- AdlestropFamous poem evoking a fleeting moment on a quiet English railway station
- The OwlPoem meditating on the natural world and human mortality in the English landscape