The pleasure ground
Subtitle: poems 1952-2012
By: Richard Murphy
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tarset, Northumberland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781852249861
Work titles: Poems
Description: Richard Murphy is one of Ireland's most distinguished poets, known particularly for poems drawing on the landscape and history of the west of Ireland with classical rigour and 'unvarnished' clarity. 'The Pleasure Ground' expands the scope of his much acclaimed 'Collected Poems' of 2000 to include a section of new poems along with an appendix featuring illuminating commentary on the historical and personal background of some of his most notable works.
Notes: Includes index.