The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry [Paperback]

This Companion provides an introduction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, as well as significant precursors and vital contemporary poets.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.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.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.Chronology; 1. Ireland in poetry, 1999, 1949, 1969 Matthew Campbell; 2. From Irish mode to modernisation: the poetry of Austin Clarke John Goodby; 3. Patrick Kavanagh and anló!