The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521012457 ISBN 13: 9780521012454

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Irish poets have produced some of the most exciting poetry in contemporary literature over the last fifty years. In addition to providing a unique introduction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, this Companion introduces the reader to significant precursors such as Louis MacNeice or Patrick Kavanagh, as well as vital contemporaries and successors (including among others, Thomas Kinsella, Paul Muldoon and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill.) The volume includes a chronology and guide to further reading and will prove invaluable to students and teachers.

About this title

Book Description:

In the last fifty years Irish poets have produced some of the most exciting poetry in contemporary literature. This book provides a unique introudction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, but also introduces the reader to significant precursors like, Louis Macneice or Patrick Kavanagh, and vtial contemporaries and successors; among others, Thomas Kinsella, Paul Muldoon and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill. This Companion, the only book of its kind on the market, includes a chronology and guide to further reading and will prove invaluable to students and teachers alike.

About the Author:

Matthew Campbell is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Rhythm and Will in Victorian Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and of numerous articles on Victorian poetry, Irish poetry and contemporary poetry.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521012457
• ISBN 13: 9780521012454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314
• Editor: Campbell Matthew