Selected Poems
$26.07
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
22 May 2000
Summary
Published in order of first publication as far as possible, this selection ranges from initial offerings such as ‘Tinker’s Wife’ and ‘Inniskeen Road: July Evening’ to his tragic masterpiece ‘The Great Hunger’ (1942) and his celebratory later verse, ‘To Hell with Common Sense’ and ‘Come Dance with Kitty Stobling’, which show his increasing comic verve and detachment. The first comprehensive selection of Kavanagh’s poetry to be published, this volume offers a timely reassessment of a poet unfairly neglected outside Ireland.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141183480 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141183489 |
| Author: | Patrick Kavanagh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 22 May 2000 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a major figure in the modern Irish poetic canon. A post-colonial poet, he freed Anglo-Irish verse from its focus on history, ethnicity, and national politics. His poetry, written in an uninhibited vernacular style, focused on the ‘common and banal’ aspects of contemporary life.
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