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Selected Poems

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Description for Selected Poems Hardback. The first bilingual volume of poems by leading Irish twentieth-century poet Sean O Riordain Editor(s): Sewell, Frank. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
The first bilingual volume of poems by leading Irish twentieth-century poet Seán Ó Ríordáin

In the mid-twentieth century, a new generation of poets writing in Irish emerged, led by the young Seán Ó Ríordáin, among others. Ó Ríordáin’s work has stood the test of time well, and he continues to engage today’s Irish readers and writers. This well-rounded selection of poems brings most of Ó Ríordáin’s works to English-language readers for the first time. The poems appear in their original Irish alongside English translations by some of Ireland's leading poets. Also included for the first time in English is Ó Ríordáin’s ... Read more

The volume reflects Ó Ríordáin’s seven main concerns: poetry and its place in the artist’s life; the plural self; the relationship between the individual and society; gender relations; the nature of animals; Ireland, its language and culture; and mortality.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300190588
SKU
9780300190588
Shipping Time
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About Sean O Riordain
Seán Ó Ríordáin (1916–1977) completed four volumes of poetry, the last—Tar Éis Mo Bháis—published posthumously. He also wrote powerful opinion pieces for the Irish Times during his later years. Frank Sewell is a poet, translator, critic, and academic.

Reviews for Selected Poems
“Selected Poems belatedly introduces to a wider audience one of the great modern European poets.”—David Wheatley, Times Literary Supplement
David Wheatley
Times Literary Supplement
‘Yale and Frank Sewell have created a serious memorial to one survivor poet, a soul of unbridled imagination.’—The Irish Examiner
The Irish Examiner
'Many of Ó Ríordáin’s best-loved poems, and some ... Read more

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