Antoinette Quinn's acclaimed biography of Patrick Kavanagh, the most important Irish poet between the death of W.B. Yeats and the rise of Seamus Heaney, tells the triumphant story of his journey from homespun balladry through early journal and poetry publications to his eventual coronation as one of the most influential figures in Irish poetry.
Kavanagh (1904β1967) was born in County Monaghan, the son of a cobbler-cum-small farmer. He left school at thirteen to work the land but continued to educate himself, reading and writing poetry in his spare time. In 1929 he began contributing verses to the Irish Statesman and was soon publishing in Irish and English journals. His first collection, Ploughman and Other Poems, appeared in 1936 and was followed by an autobiography, The Green Fool, in 1938. In 1939 he moved to Dublin where he spent the rest of his life as a freelance writer and as part of the social and literary scene, keeping company with a...
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
Has Cover : Yes
Single Author : Antoinette Quinn
Original Source : Mirc Undernet New 01 17
Sorted Author by LN, FN: Quinn, Antoinette
Title Length : 029
Title Parm D : Patrick Kavanagh, a Biography
Title Parm F : Patrick Kavanagh, a Biography
Num of Aut : 1
Title Parm B : (
Record ID : 3855
Uncomma Author : Antoinette Quinn
Title Parm A : Patrick Kavanagh, a Biography