This collection of essays presents an "insider" view of the Irish poetic tradition. It brings together some of the best-known poets and critics writing in Ireland today, exploring the multiple traditions and influences within Anglo-Irish poetry from the 19th century to the present. It includes important essays on Yeats, on alternative traditions represented by Austin Clarke and Louis MacNiece, on Irish modernists, on Patrick Kavanagh and on the literary heritage of contemporary Irish poets - Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Brendan Kennelly, Paul Muldoon and Paul Durcan. Terence Brown is the author of "Louis MacNiece - Sceptical Vision", "Northern Voices - Poets from Ulster" and "Ireland - A Social and Cultural History". Nicholas Grene has written "Synge - A Critical Study of the Plays", "Shakespeare", "Johnson", "Moliere", "the Comic Contract" and "Bernard Shaw - A Critical View".
- ISBN10 0333440358
- ISBN13 9780333440353
- Publish Date 16 March 1989 (first published 12 October 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 November 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 216
- Language English