Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dawe, Gerald

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108359276
• Artikelnr.: 50216823

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Gerald Dawe; 1. Prolegomena
'Spenser's Island' Sean Lysaght; 2. Jonathan Swift 1667
1745 James Ward; 3. Aogan O'Raithille c.1670
1729 Aodan MacPoilin; 4. Oliver Goldsmith 1728
1774 Michael Griffin; 5. Thomas Moore 1779
1852 Jeffrey Vail; 6. James Clarence Mangan 1803
1849 John Mc Auliffe; 7. W B Yeats 1865
1939 Nicholas Grene; 8. Francis Ledwidge 1887
1917 Fran Brearton; 9. Thomas MacGreevy 1893
1967 David Wheatley; 10. Austin Clarke 1896
1974 Lucy Collins; 11. Patrick Kavanagh 1904
1967 Tom Walker; 12. Samuel Beckett 1906
1989 Gerald Dawe; 13. Louis Mac Neice 1907
1963 Chris Morash; 14. John Hewitt 1907
1987 Guy Woodward; 15. Séan Ó Ríordáin 1916
1977 Louis de Paor; 16. Richard Murphy 1927 Benjamin Keatinge; 17. Thomas Kinsella 1928 Andrew Fitzsimons; 18. John Montague 1929 Maurice Riordain; 19. Brendan Kennelly 1936 Richard Pine; 20. Seamus Heaney 1939
2013 Terence Brown; 21. Michael Longley 1939 Florence Impens; 22. Michael Hartnett 1941
1999 Peter Sirr; 23. Derek Mahon 1941 Matt Campbell; 24. Eilean Ni Chuilleanain 1942 Hugh Haughton; 25. Eavan Boland 1944 Justin Quinn; 26. Paul Durcan 1945 Alan Gillis; 27. Ciaran Carson 1948 Nicholas Allen; 28. Medbh McGuckian 1950 Maria Johnston; 29. Paul Muldoon 1951 Peter Mc Donald; 30. Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill 1952 John Dillon.