Author: John Montague
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571112180
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Faber Book of Irish Verse
Author: John Montague
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571112180
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571112180
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse
Author: Thomas Kinsella
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192801920
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This magnificent anthology presents the Irish tradition as a unity: verse in Irish and English, usually regarded separately, are shown as elements in a shared and often painful history. The selection begins in pre-Christian times and closes with nineteenth- and twentieth-century verse. Poets featured include Swift, Goldsmith, W. B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, and Seamus Heaney.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780192801920
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This magnificent anthology presents the Irish tradition as a unity: verse in Irish and English, usually regarded separately, are shown as elements in a shared and often painful history. The selection begins in pre-Christian times and closes with nineteenth- and twentieth-century verse. Poets featured include Swift, Goldsmith, W. B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, and Seamus Heaney.
A Book of Irish Verse
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Oxford Book of Irish Verse
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry
Author: Patrick Crotty
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241387981
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel laureates W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, from Jonathan Swift and Oliver Goldsmith to Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, along with a profusion of lyrics, love poems, satires, ballads and songs. Reflecting Ireland's complex past and lively present, this collection of Irish verse is an indispensable guide to the history, culture and romance of one of Europe's oldest civilizations. In his introduction to this new Penguin Classics edition, Patrick Crotty explores the traditions of poetry in Ireland, and relates the rich variety of the poems to the long and frequently troubled history of the island.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241387981
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel laureates W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, from Jonathan Swift and Oliver Goldsmith to Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, along with a profusion of lyrics, love poems, satires, ballads and songs. Reflecting Ireland's complex past and lively present, this collection of Irish verse is an indispensable guide to the history, culture and romance of one of Europe's oldest civilizations. In his introduction to this new Penguin Classics edition, Patrick Crotty explores the traditions of poetry in Ireland, and relates the rich variety of the poems to the long and frequently troubled history of the island.
The Poem-book of the Gael
Author: Eleanor Hull
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories
Author: William Trevor
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199583140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199583140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation.
Irish Poems
Author: Matthew McGuire
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 030759498X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Irish Poems is a treasury of poetry from the Emerald Isle, stretching back fourteen centuries. From the romantic ballad to the rebel song, from devotional Christian verse to revivals of ancient Celtic myth, poetry has long been Ireland’s most eloquent response to its turbulent and colorful history. Irish Poems gives us a dazzling selection from a long and distinguished poetic tradition, ranging from the earliest Gaelic bards up to the present. Organized around such themes as politics, religion, Gaelic culture, the Irish landscape, and matters of the heart, the poems collected here come from a wide range of writers old and new, including such literary giants as Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Samuel Beckett, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Paul Muldoon, Evan Boland, Seamus Heaney, and many more.
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 030759498X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Irish Poems is a treasury of poetry from the Emerald Isle, stretching back fourteen centuries. From the romantic ballad to the rebel song, from devotional Christian verse to revivals of ancient Celtic myth, poetry has long been Ireland’s most eloquent response to its turbulent and colorful history. Irish Poems gives us a dazzling selection from a long and distinguished poetic tradition, ranging from the earliest Gaelic bards up to the present. Organized around such themes as politics, religion, Gaelic culture, the Irish landscape, and matters of the heart, the poems collected here come from a wide range of writers old and new, including such literary giants as Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Samuel Beckett, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Paul Muldoon, Evan Boland, Seamus Heaney, and many more.
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-century English Verse
Author: Philip Larkin
Publisher: Oxford Books of Verse
ISBN: 9780198121374
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Anthology of about 600 poems from more than 200 twentieth century English poets.
Publisher: Oxford Books of Verse
ISBN: 9780198121374
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Anthology of about 600 poems from more than 200 twentieth century English poets.
The Verse Book of Interviews
Author: Brian Henry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Fascinating conversations with contemporary poets from around the world.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Fascinating conversations with contemporary poets from around the world.