| Description |
xxxiv, 976 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Scholar and editor Wes Davis has chosen work by more than fifty leading modern and contemporary Irish poets. Each poet is represented by a generous number of poems (there are nearly 800 poems in the anthology). The editor's selection includes work by world-renowned poets, including a couple of Nobel Prize winners, as well as work by poets whose careers may be less well known to the general public; by poets writing in English; and by several working in the Irish language (Gaelic selections appear in translation). Accompanying the selections are a general introduction that provides a historical overview, informative short essays on each poet, and helpful notes--all prepared by the editor. |
| Contents |
Padraic Colum (1881-1972) -- Austin Clarke (1896-1974) -- C. Day Lewis (1899-1963) -- Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967) -- Louis MacNeice (1907-1953) -- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) -- John Hewitt (1907-1987) -- Mairtin O Direain (1910-1988) -- Sean O Riordain (1916-1977) -- Padraic Fiacc (1924-) -- Pearse Hutchinson (1927-) -- Richard Murphy (1927-) -- Anthony Cronin (1928-) -- Thomas Kinsella (1928-) -- John Montague (1929-) -- James Simmons (1933-2001) -- Desmond O'Grady (1935-) -- Brendan Kennelly (1936-) -- Seamus Heaney (1939-) -- Michael Longley (1939-) -- Seamus Deane (1940-) -- Eamon Grennan (1941-) -- Michael Hartnett (1941-1999) -- Derek Mahon (1941-) -- Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (1942-) -- Eavan Boland (1944-) -- Paul Durcan (1944-) -- John Ennis (1944-) -- Bernard O'Donoghue (1945-) -- Frank Ormsby (1947-) -- Ciaran Carson (1948-) -- Tom Paulin (1949-) -- Michael Davitt (1950-2005) -- Medbh McGuckian (1950-) -- Peter Fallon (1951-) -- Paul Muldoon (1951-) -- Harry Clifton (1952-) -- Gerald Dawe (1952-) -- Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (1952-) -- Matthew Sweeney (1952-) -- Thomas McCarthy (1954-) -- Dennis O'Driscoll (1954-) -- Mary O'Malley (1954-) -- Paula Meehan (1955-) -- Cathal O Searcaigh (1956-) -- Peter Sirr (1960-) -- Vona Groarke (1964-) -- Enda Wyley (1966-) -- Sara Berkeley (1967-) -- Conor O'Callaghan (1968-) -- Justin Quinn (1968-) -- David Wheatley (1970-) -- Sinead Morrissey (1972-) |
| Subject |
English poetry -- Irish authors.
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English poetry -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Wes.
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| ISBN |
9780674072220 |
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9780674049512 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0674049519 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0674072227 |
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