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Ireland and its Elsewheres
Harry Clifton
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Description for Ireland and its Elsewheres
Hardcover. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - who has lived and worked all over the globe - focuses on locating himself and other Irish poets in relation to the literary traditions of Britain, Europe and the United States. Clifton opens by recounting his time living in London in the late eighties and early nineties. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Ireland and Its Elsewheres is the next volume in UCD Press's The Poet's Chair series, publishing the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established in 1998 following the award of the Nobel Prize of Literature to Seamus Heaney and is supported by Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaion. Michael Longley's lectures were published in June 2015 and the next volume will contain the lectures of Paula Meehan. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - ... Read more
Ireland and Its Elsewheres is the next volume in UCD Press's The Poet's Chair series, publishing the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established in 1998 following the award of the Nobel Prize of Literature to Seamus Heaney and is supported by Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaion. Michael Longley's lectures were published in June 2015 and the next volume will contain the lectures of Paula Meehan. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781906359904
SKU
V9781906359904
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-26
About Harry Clifton
Harry Clifton's poetry has been widely published in many collections and has been translated into several languages. He is a member of Aosdana and won the Patrick Kavanagh Award in 1981 and the Irish Times Poetry Now Award in 2008. He was Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2010 to 2013.
Reviews for Ireland and its Elsewheres
'With its series The Poet's Chair, UCD Press has set the bar high in terms of book design and production. In Ireland and Its Elsewheres ... Harry Clifton also sets a high standard in terms of seriousness and willingness to raise some complex issues surrounding contemporary Irish poetry, often discussed superficially ... These three lectures, crammed with ideas and insights, ... Read more