Classroom mix-ups and course reading: Dylan Thomas

Sorry for having had to cancel today's class - the room we were supposed to be in has been mysteriously transformed into a computer lab, and apparently there wasn't another classroom free in the whole building. I will try to arrange a time for a catch-up lecture, hopefully before the end of the week. As soon as I know something, I'll put it here.

In the meantime, you should start to read Dylan Thomas. We will be focusing on the following poems: 'If I Were Tickled By The Rub Of Love' (a poem we should have read together on Valentine's Day!); ‘A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London’; 'Fern Hill'; and 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'. There should be enough in these poems to keep you busy, but if you want to explore more of Thomas's work, his Collected Poems 1934-1952 and his radio play Under Milk Wood are available for free download from Project Gutenberg Australia: follow this link or simply go to the home page and search for ‘Dylan Thomas’.

Have a look too at the readings and the documentary I posted in my last blog entry. Here is a link to Dylan Thomas reading 'Fern Hill' - now you have his recordings of all the poems we will focus upon.