{"product_id":"david-joness-the-grail-mass-and-other-works-paperback","title":"David Jones's the Grail Mass and Other Works - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Goldpaugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on new archival discoveries, this book presents an authoritative reconstruction of David Jones's \u003ci\u003eThe Grail Mass\u003c\/i\u003e, the unfinished and unpublished project from which came both his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Anathemata - \u003c\/i\u003ea work described by W.H. Auden as 'one of the most important poems of our times' \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sleeping Lord and other fragments\u003c\/i\u003e, his final collection. With detailed commentary on the development and reconstruction of the text, this edition provides a full picture of Jones's literary endeavours over the second half of his life and further establishes his status as a major figure in the first wave of British modernist writers alongside T.S. Eliot and James Joyce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to the text of \u003ci\u003eThe Grail Mass\u003c\/i\u003e, this edition includes a number of unpublished fragments by Jones that emerged from this larger project, complete with textual commentaries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet and painter \u003cb\u003eDavid Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1974) was one of the most important and original voices in British modernism. His epic poem \u003ci\u003eIn Parenthesis\u003c\/i\u003e was described by T.S. Eliot as 'a work of genius' and by Stephen Spender as 'the most monumental work of poetic genius to come out of World War I' and his many admirers included W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden and Herbert Read. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThomas Goldpaugh\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of English at Marist College, USA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJamie Callison \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of British and American Literature at Nord University, Norway.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784927641888,"sku":"9781350277267","price":106.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ab36eacd3bb1c20d07d95efaefc9cec.webp?v=1780609860","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/david-joness-the-grail-mass-and-other-works-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}