Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Irish Poetry

by Terence Brown, Nicholas Grene

Overview

A collection of essays presenting an "insider" view of the Irish poetic tradition. It brings together some of the best-known poets and critics writing in Ireland today, exploring the multiple traditions and influences within Anglo-Irish poetry from the 19th century to the present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349094721
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Edition description:	1st ed. 1989
Pages:	201
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Constitution, language and tradition in nineteenth-century Irish poetry, R.Welch; Yeats - the creation of an audience, S.Deane; Yeats and the re-making of Synge, N.Grene; Austin Clarke - tradition, memory and our lot, P.Denman; Louis MacNiece's Ireland, T.Brown; Patrick Kavanagh's Parish myth, A.Quinn; an absence of influence - three modernist poets, G.Dawe; Derek Mahon's human perspective, B.Kennelly; Poetry forms and social deformations, E.Longley ; the placeless heaven - another look at Kavanagh, S.Heaney

Editorial Reviews

"For anyone interested in Anglo-Irish poetry, "Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Irish Poetry" edited by Terrence Brown and Nicholas Grene (both professors at Trinity College Dublin) is a must."

Irish Edition