Poet to Poet: Edward Thomas's Letters to Walter de la Mare

An illustration of the literary world in Edwardian England, this compilation offers insight into the highly influential writer and poet Edward Thomas through his correspondence with Walter de la Mare, totaling 318 letters written between 1906 and 1917. Moving and deeply personal, these letters provide new and crucial evidence about Thomas’s poetic processes while demonstrating their developing personal and poetic relationship and influence. The letters are arranged chronologically and are accompanied by commentary, biographical information, and transcriber’s notes.