The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108414192 ISBN 13 : 9781108414197

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gerald Dawe is an Irish poet, and Professor of English and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He has published eight volumes of poetry including Selected Poems (2012) and Mickey Finn's Air (2014). Among his many other publications, he has edited Earth Voices Whispering: An Anthology of Irish War Poetry (2009) and also Of War and War's Alarms: Reflections on Modern Irish Writing (2015). A recipient of the prestigious Macaulay Fellowship in Literature, Dawe has been a visiting scholar at Boston College, Villanova University, Philadelphia and Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108414192
• ISBN 13: 9781108414197
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 472
• Éditeur: Dawe Gerald
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