Poetry and Posterity
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781852244347
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -; Ireland; Essays; Literary Collections; Poetry; English; Irish authors; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Criticism; English poetry; History and criticism; Intellectual life
Description: This collection of critical essays marks a move back from Irish culture and politics to poetry itself as the critic's central concern. It considers how poets are read and received at different times and in different contexts, by academics as well as by a wider readership, and from Irish and American viewpoints. -- Publisher description