Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Irish Poetry

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.

List 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

Summary

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

• Authors: Terenc Brown, Terence Brown, Terence Grene Brown, Nicholas Grene
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1989
• EAN: 9781349094721
• ISBN: 978-1-349-09472-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter