The Cambridge companion to Irish poets
The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets offers a fascinating introduction to Irish poetry from the seventeenth century to the present. Aimed primarily at lovers of poetry, it examines a wide range of poets, including household names, such as Jonathan Swift, Thomas Moore, W. B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, Patrick Kavanagh, Eavan Boland and Paul Muldoon. The book is comprised of thirty chapters written by critics, leading scholars and poets, who bring an authoritative and accessible understanding to their subjects. Each chapter gives an overview of a poet's work and guides the general reader through the wider cultural, historical and comparative contexts. Exploring the dual traditions of English and Irish-speaking poets, this Companion represents the very best of Irish poetry and highlights understanding that reveals, in clear and accessible prose, the achievement of Irish poetry in a global context. It is a book that will help and guide general readers through the many achievements of Irish poets." -- Publisher's description.
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- ISBN: 9781108414197
- Physical Description xxvii, 439 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / Gerald Dawe -- Prolegomena: 'Spenser's Island' / Seán Lysaght -- Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 / James Ward -- Aogán Ó'Raithille c.1670-1729 / Aodán Mac Póilin -- Oliver Goldsmith 1728-1774 / Michael Griffin -- Thomas Moore 1779-1852 / Jeffrey Vail -- James Clarence Mangan 1803-1849 / John McAuliffe -- W. B. Yeats 1865-1939 / Nicholas Grene -- Francis Ledwidge 1887-1917 / Fran Brearton -- Thomas MacGreevy 1893-1967 / David Wheatley -- Austin Clarke 1896-1974 / Lucy Collins -- Patrick Kavanagh 1904-1967 / Tom Walker -- Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 / Gerald Dawe -- Louis MacNeice 1907-1963 / Chris Morash -- John Hewitt 1907-1987 / Guy Woodward -- Seán Ó Ríordáin 1916-1977 / Louis de Paor -- Richard Murphy 1927 / Benjamin Keatinge -- Thomas Kinsella 1928 / Andrew Fitzsimons -- John Montague 1929-2016 / Maurice Riordan -- Brendan Kennelly 1936 / Richard Pine -- Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 / Terence Brown -- Michael Longley 1939 / Florence Impens -- Michael Hartnett 1941-1999 / Peter Sirr -- Derek Mahon 1941 / Matthew Campbell -- Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin 1942- / Hugh Haughton -- Eavan Boland 1944 / Justin Quinn -- Paul Durcan 1944 / Alan Gillis -- Ciaran Carson 1948 / Nicholas Allen -- Medbh McGuckian 1950 / Maria Johnston -- Paul Muldoon 1951 / Peter McDonald -- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill 1952 / John Dillon. |
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