Poems - Couverture rigide

Craig, Maurice

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1907593179 ISBN 13 : 9781907593178

Editeur : Liberties Press Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

First collection of Maurice Craig's poetry since the 1940s; celebrating the nonagenarian's life following his passing in May 2011. Selected and edited by Professor Andrew Carpenter, UCD with an introductory essay by Lucy Collins.

Maurice Craig, Ireland's most distinguished architectural historian, was born in Belfast in 1919 and educated in Dalkey and at Shrewsbury School, Magdalene College Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin. Though he is best known for his books of architectural history, most notably the celebrated Dublin 1660-1860, as a young man Maurice was a prolific and highly respected poet. His poems touch on the universal themes of love, loss, and the beauty of the natural and man-made worlds, and are written in a spare, clean style, in powerful language.

Poems is a remarkable collection that aims to introduce the work of this fine poet to a new generation of readers.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Known as Ireland's first conservation warrior, Maurice Craig wrote on subjects as diverse as Irish book bindings, biography, poetry and topography. His seminal Dublin 1660-1860: The Shaping of a City, which traces the evolution of Dublin through the golden age of architecture, appeared in 1952 and was followed by further ground-breaking works, including Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size and The Architecture of Ireland from the Earliest Times to 1880. Maurice's interest in and understanding of architecture is evident in his photography. Since he first took up the camera and pen in the 1940s, Maurice recorded buildings of all shapes, sizes and periods, exploiting to the full his uncanny ability to highlight the key features of a building or neighbourhood. In making people aware that our historic buildings are national treasures, to be spared demolition, he is said to have become a national treasure himself.

Présentation de l'éditeur

First collection of Maurice Craig's poetry since the 1940s; celebrating the nonagenarian's life following his recent passing in May 2011.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liberties Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907593179
• ISBN 13: 9781907593178
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 82
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible