Part of the highly-accomplished second generation of postwar Irish writers that have gone on to achieve international prominence, Sweeney has come to signify a very different Irish sensibility. Looking east towards Germany and central Europe for his models, he unifys these with a passion for surreal narrative and jet black humour.
Often driven by sinister, filmic scenarios and a powerful visual imagination, Sweeney's lyric power grows from strength to strength. In this new selection, featuring a number of hitherto uncollected poems, including some very early work, we see a wilder, more disparate and disruptive poet capable of tremendous poignancy, elegance and musicality.
- ISBN10 1844714845
- ISBN13 9781844714841
- Publish Date 15 November 2010
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 23 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Salt Publishing
- Format eBook
- Pages 192
- Language English
- URL http://saltpublishing.com/products/the-night-post-9781907773013