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The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, History
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780521012454
- Publication Name
- Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Subject
- Poetry, Europe / Ireland, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Series
- Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 314 Pages
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521012457
ISBN-13
9780521012454
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2271029
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
314 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Poetry, Europe / Ireland, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, History
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2002-041446
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
'... for those of us teaching Irish poetry who have wished for a collection of essays that introduces students to the major themes of the twentieth century as we understand them today, this Companion will not disappoint.' Irish Studies, '… for those of us teaching Irish poetry who have wished for a collection of essays that introduces students to the major themes of the twentieth century as we understand them today, this Companion will not disappoint.'Irish Studies, '… for those of us teaching Irish poetry who have wished for a collection of essays that introduces students to the major themes of the twentieth century as we understand them today, this Companion will not disappoint.' Irish Studies
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
821/.914099417
Table Of Content
Chronology; 1. Ireland in poetry, 1999, 1949, 1969 Matthew Campbell; 2. From Irish mode to modernisation: the poetry of Austin Clarke John Goodby; 3. Patrick Kavanagh and anti-pastoral Jonathan Allison; 4. Louis MacNiece: irony and responsibility Peter McDonald; 5. The Irish modernists and their legacy Alex Davis; 6. Poetry of the 1960s: the 'Northern Ireland Renaissance' Fran Brearton; 7. Seamus Heaney and violence Dillon Johnston; 8. Mahon and Longley: places and placelessness Terence Brown; 9. Between two languages: contemporary poetry in Irish and English Frank Sewell; 10. Boland, McGuckian, Ní Chuilleanáin and the body of the nation Guinn Batten; 11. Sonnets, centos, and long lines: Muldoon, Paulin, McGuckian and Carson Shane Murphy; 12. Performance and dissent: Irish poets in the public sphere Lucy Collins; 13. Irish poets and the world Robert Faggen; 14. Irish poetry into the twenty-first century David Wheatley.
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., 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, first published in 2003, provides an introduction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, and also introduces the reader to significant precursors like Louis MacNeice or Patrick Kavanagh, and vital contemporaries and successors: among others, Thomas Kinsella, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Paul Muldoon. Readers will find discussions of Irish poetry from the traditional to the modernist, written in Irish as well as English, from both North and South. This Companion provides cultural and historical background to contemporary Irish poetry in the contexts of modern Ireland but also in the broad currents of modern world literature. It includes a chronology and guide to further reading and will prove invaluable to students and teachers alike., In the last fifty years Irish poets have produced some of the most exciting poetry in contemporary literature. This Companion includes a chronology and guide to further reading and will prove invaluable to students and teachers alike.
LC Classification Number
PR8771.C36 2003
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