Clasp

Clasp PDF Author: Doireann Ní Ghríofa
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ISBN: 9781910251027
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Clasp is award-winning Irish poet Doireann N Ghr ofa's first English-language collection of poems. In three sections entitled 'Clasp', 'Cleave' and 'Clench', N Ghr ofa engages in a strikingly physical way with the world of her subject matter. The result is by times what one poem calls 'A History in Hearts', among other things an intimate exploration of love, childbirth and motherhood, and simultaneously a place of separation and anxiety. In one poem set in the boys' home in Letterfrack, a place of undeniable terror, we see how, in the name of religion, "The earth holds small skulls like seeds." The final section of the book comprises a single poem, Seven Views of Cork City, which, swooping in and out of personal history, paints a convincing if sometimes unsettling portrait of the poet's adopted city, and of urban life's ubiquitous restraints on "our dream of speed."

The Poem-book of the Gael

The Poem-book of the Gael PDF Author: Eleanor Hull
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Clasp

Clasp PDF Author: Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910251027
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Clasp is award-winning Irish poet Doireann N Ghr ofa's first English-language collection of poems. In three sections entitled 'Clasp', 'Cleave' and 'Clench', N Ghr ofa engages in a strikingly physical way with the world of her subject matter. The result is by times what one poem calls 'A History in Hearts', among other things an intimate exploration of love, childbirth and motherhood, and simultaneously a place of separation and anxiety. In one poem set in the boys' home in Letterfrack, a place of undeniable terror, we see how, in the name of religion, "The earth holds small skulls like seeds." The final section of the book comprises a single poem, Seven Views of Cork City, which, swooping in and out of personal history, paints a convincing if sometimes unsettling portrait of the poet's adopted city, and of urban life's ubiquitous restraints on "our dream of speed."

Woven Shades of Green

Woven Shades of Green PDF Author: Tim Wenzell
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684481392
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 387

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Woven Shades of Green is an annotated selection of literature by authors who focus on the natural world and the beauty of Ireland. It begins with the Irish monks and their largely anonymous nature poetry, written at a time when Ireland was heavily forested. A section follows devoted to the changing Irish landscape, through both deforestation and famine, including the nature poetry of William Allingham, and James Clarence Mangan, essays from Thomas Gainford and William Thackerary, and novel excerpts from William Carleton and Emily Lawless. The anthology then turns to the nature literature of the Irish Literary Revival, including Yeats and Synge, and an excerpt from George Moore’s novel The Lake. Part four shifts to modern Irish nature poetry, beginning with Patrick Kavanaugh, and continuing with the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, and others. Finally, the anthology concludes with a section on various Irish naturalist writers, and the unique prose and philosophical nature writing of John Moriarty, followed by a comprehensive list of environmental organizations in Ireland, which seek to preserve the natural beauty of this unique country. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

The Poets of Ireland

The Poets of Ireland PDF Author: David James O'Donoghue
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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The Oxford Book of Ireland

The Oxford Book of Ireland PDF Author: Patricia Craig
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192804884
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Ireland is a country that arouses strong opinions: everyone has a view on its character, its foibles, its charms and its waywardness. It has inspired some of the best poetry and nurtured some of the best writers in the world, and in The Oxford Book of Ireland poets, novelists, artists, dramatists, historians, philosophers, peasants and aristocrats are brought together to celebrate and commemorate the nation and its people. Irish history lives more in the present than that of other countries, and there are constant reminders in these pages of past triumphs and tragedies, and their continuing impact on the national psyche. Conquest, famine, emigration, the decline of the language, the struggle for identity and independence are all charted here with a raw and passionate immediacy. Interwoven with episodes of national turbulence are lyrical sections on the Irish landscape and countryside, on the cities and the suburbs, the climate and the folk culture: high jinksand conviviality alongside reminiscence and disputation. Patricia Craig's skilful selection transforms a kaleidoscope of images into a picture of real substance and character; immensely rich and varied, full of the unexpected, as well as familiar voices from the Irish scene. The Oxford Book of Ireland captures the essence of a complex and fascinating land.

Modern Irish Poetry

Modern Irish Poetry PDF Author: Robert F. Garratt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066038
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Traces the history of twentieth century Irish poetry and examines the Irish literary tradition

New Collected Poems

New Collected Poems PDF Author: Eavan Boland
Publisher: Carcanet Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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"Eavan Boland's first Collected Poems confirmed her place at the forefront of modern Irish poetry. New Collected Poems brings the record of her achievement up to date, adding The Lost Land (1998) and Code (2001) and reproducing all her earlier collections in their entirety, together with two key poems from 23 Poems (1962) and an excerpt from her unpublished 1971 play 'Femininity and Freedom'. Following the chronology of publication, the reader experiences the development of a poet writing in a space she has cleared by critical engagement and experiment with form, theme, and language."--BOOK JACKET.

Literature in Ireland

Literature in Ireland PDF Author: Thomas MacDonagh
Publisher: Kennikat Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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The Poets of Ireland

The Poets of Ireland PDF Author: David James O'Donoghue
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Contemporary British and Irish Poetry

Contemporary British and Irish Poetry PDF Author: Sarah Broom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350308765
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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Sarah Broom provides an engaging, challenging and lively introduction to contemporary British and Irish poetry. The book covers work by poets from a wide range of ethnic and regional backgrounds and covers a broad range of poetic styles, including mainstream names like Seamus Heaney and Carol Ann Duffy alongside more marginal and experimental poets like Tom Raworth and Geraldine Monk. Contemporary British and Irish Poetry tackles the most compelling and contentious issues facing poetry today.