The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cambridge University Press, 11/16/2017
EAN 9781108414197, ISBN10: 1108414192

Paperback, 472 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

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.

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.