John Hewitt: Selected Poems - Softcover

John Hewitt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0856408026 ISBN 13: 9780856408021

Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

'...the universal poet, servant of the medium, renewer of the forms, discoverer of the nugget of harmony in the language of ourselves.' Seamus Heaney 'He brings to Irish poetry an invaluable chronicle of mixed allegiances and lost worlds of the ambiguities of the colony and the defeats of victory. No one else has quite had his themes; no one else has quite ventured on his enquiries.' Eavan Boland Edited, with a new introduction, by acclaimed poets Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby, Selected Poems is a testament to John Hewitt's remarkable literary legacy, and a celebration of a unique, compelling and still urgent voice in 20th century Irish poetry.

About this title

Product Description:

John Hewitt, father figure to a generation of poets such as Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley, is widely acknowledged as a poetic icon and creative catalyst within the canon of Irish poetry. Selected Poems, edited by acclaimed poets Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby, brings together the best of his poetry and celebrates the achievement of a unique, compelling and still urgent voice in Irish poetry.

Review:

'He outstrips the categories we keep invoking for him, such as 'doyen of Ulster poets' or 'conscience of the planter tradition'. He becomes, instead, the universal poet, servant of the medium, renewer of the forms, discoverer of the nugget of harmony in the language of ourselves.' --Seamus Heaney

'He brings to Irish poetry an invaluable chronicle of mixed allegiances and lost worlds of the ambiguities of the colony and the defeats of victory. No one else has quite had his themes; no one else has quite ventured on his enquiries.' --Eavan Boland

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0856408026
• ISBN 13: 9780856408021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167
• Editor: Frank Ormsby, Michael Longley