Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Dylan Thomas
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Adolescence, Surrealism, Rural or country life, Small-town life, Boys, Wales or Welsh people
- Locales: Swansea, Wales
Places Discussed
*Swansea (SWAHN-see). Industrial seaport in southern Wales in which Thomas was born and raised. Wales’s second largest town, Swansea stands at the mouth of the River Tawe, from which it takes the Welsh name Abertawe, which Thomas’s stories use for it. Stories set within Swansea include “Patricia, Edith and Arnold,” which describes two servant girls taking a young boy (Thomas himself) to the park in winter, so that they can meet a young man who is two-timing them. “The Fight” features a school that is based on Swansea Grammar School, which Thomas...
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