This early work by Edward Thomas was originally published in 1911 and we
are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'Feminine Influence on the Poets' is one of Thomas's works of criticism
on the subject of poetry. Philip Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth,
London, England in 1878. His parents were Welsh migrants, and Thomas
attended several schools, before ending up at St. Pauls. Thomas led a
reclusive early life, and began writing as a teenager. He published his
first book, The Woodland Life (1897), at the age of just nineteen. A
year later, he won a history scholarship to Lincoln College, Oxford.
Despite being less well-known than other World War I poets, Thomas is
regarded by many critics as one of the finest.