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New and Selected Poems
Dennis O´driscoll
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Description for New and Selected Poems
Paperback. Features poems attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432. 272 pages. Features poems attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 22. Weight: 432.
Dennis O'Driscoll is among the finest and most popular poets of his generation. "New and Selected Poems" shows him to be a poet of humanity and wit whose observant, rhythmically supple poetry is attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. One of the book's highlights is The Bottom Line, a multi-voiced and multifaceted portrait of business managers and bureaucrats. Closing with a generous selection of previously unpublished work, "New and Selected Poems" - which follows Dennis O'Driscoll's acclaimed "Exemplary Damages", chosen as a Book of the Year by Seamus Heaney in 2002 - makes for a compelling collection, ... Read more
Dennis O'Driscoll is among the finest and most popular poets of his generation. "New and Selected Poems" shows him to be a poet of humanity and wit whose observant, rhythmically supple poetry is attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. One of the book's highlights is The Bottom Line, a multi-voiced and multifaceted portrait of business managers and bureaucrats. Closing with a generous selection of previously unpublished work, "New and Selected Poems" - which follows Dennis O'Driscoll's acclaimed "Exemplary Damages", chosen as a Book of the Year by Seamus Heaney in 2002 - makes for a compelling collection, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry London
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
432g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856463730
SKU
V9780856463730
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About Dennis O´driscoll
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary in 1954, Dennis O'Driscoll has published six collections of poetry and a selection of his essays and reviews, 'Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams' (Gallery Press). He received a Lannan Literary Award in 1999, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005 and the O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry in 2006. A ... Read more
Reviews for New and Selected Poems
'...it is as a poet of European temperament, and stature, that O'Driscoll demands to be judged.'George Szirtes, The Guardian