In the last fifty years Irish poets have produced some of the most exciting poetry in contemporary literature, writing about love and sexuality, violence and history, country and city. This book provides a unique introduction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, and also introduces the reader to
The Cambridge companion to contemporary Irish poetry
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2003;2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Cambridge;Ireland
- ISBN
- 0511999046
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โฆ Synopsis
Irish poets have produced some of the most exciting poetry in contemporary literature over the last fifty years. In addition to providing a unique introduction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, this Companion introduces the reader to significant precursors such as Louis MacNeice or Patrick Kavanagh, as well as vital contemporaries and successors (including among others, Thomas Kinsella, Paul Muldoon and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill.) The volume includes a chronology and guide to further reading and will prove invaluable to students and teachers.
โฆ Subjects
Poetry
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