John Hewitt Selected Poems

John Hewitt

ISBN 10: 0856408026 / ISBN 13: 9780856408021

Edité par Colourpoint Creative Ltd, GB, 2007

'. the universal poet, servant of the medium, renewer of the forms, discoverer of the nugget of harmony in the language of ourselves.' Seamus Heaney'He brings to Irish poetry an invaluable chronicle of mixed allegiances and lost worlds of the ambiguities of the colony and the defeats of victory. No one else has quite had his themes; no one else has quite ventured on his enquiries.' Eavan BolandEdited, with a new introduction, by acclaimed poets Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby, 'Selected Poems' is a testament to John Hewitt's remarkable literary legacy, and a celebration of a unique, compelling and still urgent voice in 20th century Irish poetry. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9780856408021

Synopsis :

John Hewitt, father figure to a generation of poets such as Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley, is widely acknowledged as a poetic icon and creative catalyst within the canon of Irish poetry. Selected Poems, edited by acclaimed poets Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby, brings together the best of his poetry and celebrates the achievement of a unique, compelling and still urgent voice in Irish poetry.

À propos de l'auteur: Michael Longley is a distinguished and critically acclaimed poet. His collections include The Weather in Japan (2000) which won the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Hawthornden Prize and the Irish Times Prize for Poetry. His Collected Poems was published in 2006. Longley received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2001, the Wilfred Owen Award in 2003 and the Librex Montale Prize in 2005. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of Aosdana. Frank Ormsby was editor of The Honest Ulsterman from 1969 to 1989 and has also edited a number of anthologies, including Poets from the North of Ireland,The Hip Flask: Short Poems from Ireland and The Blackbird's Nest: An Anthology of Poetry from Queen's University Belfast. He has published three collections of poetry, including The Ghost Train in 1995. He is Head of English at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : John Hewitt Selected Poems
Éditeur : Colourpoint Creative Ltd, GB
Date d'édition : 2007
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : New