Selected Poems
Will be published approx. on 9. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-300-24018-4 (ISBN)
Description
The first bilingual volume of poems by leading Irish twentieth-century poet Sean O RiordainIn the mid-twentieth century, a new generation of poets writing in Irish emerged, led by the young Sean O Riordain, among others. O Riordain'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 O Riordain'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 O Riordain's essay What Is Poetry?, considered an extraordinary touchstone of critical insight for poets and literary commentators.
The volume reflects O Riordain'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.
The volume reflects O Riordain'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.
Reviews / Votes
"This volume of vibrant translations is essential reading for anyone concerned with 20th-century Irish culture. This tuberculosis-ridden Cork man, the most important 20th-century Irish-language poet -offers a profoundly human interrogation of mid-century Irish Catholicism faced with secularism. Speaking to a global audience, this is poetry of a dark soul, born of suffering and doubt."- Brian O Conchubhair, University of Notre Dame
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-24018-4 (9780300240184)
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Persons
Sean O Riordain (1916-1977) completed four volumes of poetry, the last-Tar Eis Mo Bhais-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.