Late Poems - Brossura

Kinsella, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847772439 ISBN 13: 9781847772435

Casa editrice: Carcanet Pr, 2013

Riassunto

The five most recent volumes of poetry published by Thomas Kinsella’s own Peppercanister Press—Marginal Economy,Man of War, Belief and Unbelief, Fat Master, and Love Joy Peace—are gathered together in this collection of the Irish luminary’s late work. Each volume is a coherent whole but also constitutes a section of the ongoing project of his writing, and together the sections explore the great themes of the spirit, the body, and the body politic. The poems themselves—and sometimes even their syntax—remain open-ended and susceptible to new experience, opening up a new world of possibility to readers time after time. This collection offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the work of a writer at the heart of modern Irish poetry who is an heir of the tradition bestowed by W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and W. H. Auden.

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Recensione:

With unique memorability and force these poems, in the words of 'Belief and Unbelief', coax us to follow their author in search of understanding 'back to the dark / and the depths that I came from'. No one who cares about poetry should hesitate to embark on the journey. --The Guardian

The most complex and multi-layered of the Peppercanister poems... taken with the 1968 and 1973 volumes and some of the earlier poems may comprise the most challenging, most achieved, and therefore most rewarding body of poetry from the British Isles over the past half-century. --The Cambridge History of Irish Literature

L'autore:

Thomas Kinsella is the author of more than 30 collections of poetry as well as ofThe Dual Tradition, a critical essay on poetry and politics in Ireland. He is the editor ofThe New Oxford Book of Irish Verse and has furthermore translated extensively from Irish to English, including a translation of the epicThe Tain. His awards and distinctions include Guggenheim fellowships, the Denis Devlin Memorial Award for Poetry, and the Freedom of the City of Dublin.

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• Editore: Carcanet Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1847772439
• ISBN 13: 9781847772435
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 91