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reads “Especially when the November wind” (early version of “Especially when the October wind”), which clearly shows Thomas’ commitment to words, “imprisonment” by words\n\t\t108\tKnowledge of meaning of words of Thomas’ poems necessary before any generalizations can be made; that time has come\n\t\t128\tMaud’s vantage point on Thomas gained from association with other poets : Charles Olson, in particular (relates how he knows Olson)\n\t\t195\tMore on vantage point: Imagist Manifesto (1912) of Ezra Pound et al. ; focus on “direct treatment of the Thing”\n\t\t215\t“Objectivist Movement”: keep poet out of it; emphasize “The Thing”\n\t\t218\tReads from Olson’s “Human Universe” essay, which makes same point\n\t\t236\tDylan Thomas’ vantage point: technique, unlike Olson, et al., was to work from words to things\n\t\t249\tFrom Thomas’ letters: Thomas’ admission of being constrained by words, a “freak user of words, not a peot”\n\t\t285\tExamples of how Thomas’ conceits get, not to, but away from “the Thing”\n\t\t339\tProjected verse essay of Charles Olson: form, in poetry, should never be more than an extention of content, but Thomas was constrained by his own choice of forms, syllable counting, etc.\n\t\t375\tForm more important than content to Thomas, Maud says\n\t\t380\tThe “power” of modern poets, such as Ginsberg, Olson\n\t\t420\tNationalist movement in Wales\n\t\t440\tWhat Thomas felt about Wales (reads a 1949 piece by Thomas)\n\t\t500\tThomas “lets down” Maud by being too constrained by words, not being “political” enough, not relevant enough\n\t\t525\tThomas as a historical literary figure”, comparable to Donne\n\t\t558\tThomas as last representative of “age of European decadence”, “age of existentialism”\n\t\t591\tLines from Thomas’ last poem (which was to be called “In country heaven”), Maud’s comments on Thomas’ existentialism\n\t\t700\tQuestions from audience: Re Thomas\n\t\t759\tRe Olson\n\t\t780\tRe Thomas: Maud justifies judging Thomas on grounds that he wanted to be what he was not\n\t\t979\tThomas seems to use words to protect himself from painful/fearful emotions/ideas"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670553749028867,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.173Z","score":5.9116282}]