Selected Poems - Hardcover

Kavanagh, P. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701126183 ISBN 13: 9780701126186

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1982

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

One of the major figures in the modern Irish poetic canon, Patrick Kavanagh (1904-67) was a post-colonial poet who released Anglo-Irish verse from its prolonged obsession with history, ethnicity and national politics. His poetry, written in an uninhibited vernacular style, focused on the 'common and banal' aspects of contemporary life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0701126183
• ISBN 13: 9780701126186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96