JONES DAVID

(P/B) THE ANATHEMATA
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to the Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius and from the his...
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(H/B) IN PARENTHESIS
No poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier poets of the First World War. Published to commemorate the centenary of 1914, this stunning set of books, with specially commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by leading poets and biographers of our present day. "In Parenthesis was first published in London in 1937. I am proud to share the responsibility for that first publication. On reading the book in typescript I was deeply moved. I then regarded...
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(H/B) THE ART OF DAVID JONES
This book offers a concise and highly readable account of the visual art of David Jones (1895-1974). It challenges the simplistic view of Jones as an outsider or an eccentric, exploring his work instead in relation to the wider cultural and intellectual climate of his times. The authors focus on works of outstanding quality, including engravings from the 1920s, watercolours from 1926-32 and the most significant of Jones's later mythological drawings as well as his studies of trees and chalices and his unique painted inscriptions. Analysis...
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(P/B) THE DYING GAUL AND OTHER WRITINGS
The second collection of David Jones's prose may be thought of as a companion volume or sequel to Epoch and Artist, published in 1959. But the differences are greater than the resemblance. Though I collected and arranged the items for the earlier volume, as I have for this, David himself made the final selection. It was he who chose the title and did his best by careful supervision to see that the contents illustrated and exemplified a train of thought in the mind of the reader which the title was meant to provoke. But David has died and t...
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(P/B) DAI GREATCOAT
Through a selection of letters to friends and literary peers, Dai Greatcoat presents a rare insight into the life of the poet and artist David Jones and in so doing offers an autobiographical portrait of the author in his own words. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE SLEEPING LORD
David Jones's unique position in the poetry of our time was established by two towering masterpieces, In Parenthesis and The Anathemata. T. S. Eliot wrote of In Parenthesis that he regarded it as a 'work of genius', while W. H. Auden described The Anathemata as 'very probably the finest long poem written in English this century'. Modestly presented by the author himself as a collection of 'fragments', The Sleeping Lord continues the exploration of themes begun by its predecessors. Set mainly in different parts of the Roman Empire, either i...
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