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The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry
Patrick Crotty
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Description for The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry
Paperback. Features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel laureates along with a profusion of lyrics, love poems, satires, ballads and songs. This title explores the traditions of poetry in Ireland, and relates the variety of the poems to the frequently troubled history of the island. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 754.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1120
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141191645
SKU
V9780141191645
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-98
About Patrick Crotty
Patrick Crotty is a Professor of Scottish and Irish Literature at the University of Aberdeen and a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement. His translations from seventeenth-, eighteenth- and twentieth-century Irish verse have appeared in many anthologies. He edited Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology and is currently co-editing with Alan Riach the annotated three-volume Complete Collected Poems of Hugh ... Read more
Reviews for The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry
'This is the best available single-volume collection of Irish poetry yet published.'
Nick Laird
Guardian
'...excellently edited, exceedingly confident, historically revealing and frequently surprising. The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry is a feat. It is the largest anthology of Irish verse yet spanning 1,500 years - and is more comprehensive than predecessors in its inclusion of ... Read more
Nick Laird
Guardian
'...excellently edited, exceedingly confident, historically revealing and frequently surprising. The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry is a feat. It is the largest anthology of Irish verse yet spanning 1,500 years - and is more comprehensive than predecessors in its inclusion of ... Read more