Irish poetry of the 1930s /

Offering a provocative new take on Irish literary history and modern poetry, this text gives detailed and vital readings of the major Irish poets of the period, including exciting new analyses of Samuel Beckett, Patrick Kavanagh, Louis MacNeice, and W.B. Yeats.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gillis, Alan A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	English poetry > Irish authors > History and criticism. English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. Ireland > In literature. Poésie anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique. Poésie anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Irlande dans la littérature. Irlande > Dans la littérature. POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English poetry English poetry > Irish authors Literature Ireland Lyrik Irland Gedichten. Engels. Englisch. 1900-1999 Geschichte 1930-1940. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Poetic History, Ireland, and the Thirties
3. Louis MacNeice: The Living Curve
4. Patrick Kavanagh and Austin Clarke: In a Metaphysical Land
5. Denis Devlin, Brian Coffey, and Samuel Beckett: Across the Tempest of Emblems
6. W. B. Yeats: Among the Deepening Shades.