Meeting the British [Paperback]

Paul Muldoon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1987

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Review

7, Middagh Street: Ben
7, Middagh Street: Carson
7, Middagh Street: Chester
7, Middagh Street: Gypsy
7, Middagh Street: Louis
7, Middagh Street: Salvador
7, Middagh Street: Wystan
Bechbretha
Brock
Chinook
Christo's
The Coney
Crossing The Line
The Earthquake
The Fox
Gold
Gone
The Lass Of Aughrim
The Marriage Of Strongbow And Aoife
Meeting The British
The Mist-net
My Grandfather's Wake
Ontario
Paul Klee: They're Biting
Profumo
The Soap-pig
Something Else
Sushi
The Toe-tag
The Wishbone
--table of contents

About the Author

Paul Muldoon was born in County Armagh in 1951. He read English at QueenÂ’s University, Belfast, and published his first collection of poems, New Weather, in 1973. He is the author of nine books of poetry, including Mules (1977), Why Brownlee Left (1980), Quoof (1983), Meeting The British (1987), Madoc: A Mystery (1990), The Annals of Chile (1994), Hay (1998) and Moy Sand and Gravel (2002) for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States, where he is the Howard G. B. Clark Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. In 1999 he became the Professor of Poetry at Oxford University. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Paul Muldoon was given an American Academy of Arts and Letters award in 1996. Other recent awards are the 1994 T. S. Eliot Prize, the 1997 Irish Times Poetry Prize, the 2003 Griffin Prize, the 2004 American Ireland Fund Literary Award, and the 2004 Shakespeare Prize, given 'for contributions from English-speaking Europe to the European cultural heritage'.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Wake Forest University Press (April 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916390268
• ISBN-13: 978-0916390266
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,161,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pointed poetry!, April 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Meeting the British (Paperback)

This is not Muldoon's most accessible book, but it would be a shame to mistake the surface complexity for obscurity, or to assume that nothing worthwhile lurks beneath. In fact the book is deep, beautiful and profound -- and, of course, because it is Muldoon, funny as h-e-double-hockeysticks. "The Soap Pig" is as moving as anything Muldoon has written (at least until "Incantata" in *The Annals of Chile*), and several poems, including "Something Else," "The Mist-Net," and the excellent title poem are showcases for the poet's inimitable wit. As for those who have trouble locating the "point" of Muldoon's work, they should check out the poem called "The Point" in his new collection, *Hay*. Like his other work, it may leave them scratching their heads, but hey, if you've got an itch . . .

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless Poetry!, November 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Meeting the British (Paperback)

These poems are filled with obscene language and non-sensical usages of words. I read this for a school report, and was disgusted at Mulddoon's lack of talent.