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The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse
Thomas Kinsella
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Hardcover. In original cloth covers with gilt title to front and spine. Reviews pasted to endpapers. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a good copy
The Irish poetic tradition is generally not considered as a unity. Verse written in Irish, especially from the early and medieval periods, is felt to be the preserve of linguists and specialists, and Anglo-Irish poetry is usually seen as an adjunct to the English tradition. This new anthology approaches the whole of the Irish tradition and presents a relationship between two major bodies of poetry that reflects a shared and painful history. To this end the editor has newly translated a significant selection of poems from the early centuries through to the present day so as to include - in ... Read more
The Irish poetic tradition is generally not considered as a unity. Verse written in Irish, especially from the early and medieval periods, is felt to be the preserve of linguists and specialists, and Anglo-Irish poetry is usually seen as an adjunct to the English tradition. This new anthology approaches the whole of the Irish tradition and presents a relationship between two major bodies of poetry that reflects a shared and painful history. To this end the editor has newly translated a significant selection of poems from the early centuries through to the present day so as to include - in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
454
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192118684
SKU
KMK0013029
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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