Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology [Paperback]

Patrick Crotty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 1996

A major collection of 20th century Irish poetry representing 47 poets since Yeats.

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From Publishers Weekly

This invaluable snapshot of poetry in Ireland today not only includes generous and interesting selections from the central figures?Heaney, Boland, Mahon, Longley, Muldoon, McGuckian?but also harbors the work of vital poets not known as well in the States: the delightful Paul Durcan, the enchanting Irish (in translation) of Nuala Ni Dhomhnail and many others. But perhaps most interestingly, Crotty brings to his anthology a distinct thesis: much of Irish writing in this century can be seen as a "quarrel" with the "overbearing example of W.B. Yeats." Although one may quarrel with Crotty in this regard, it is refreshing to have an anthology that can be quarrelled with, as opposed to the usual inarguably worthy selections. And Crotty's perspective (he is a young poet and translator from the Irish from Cork) makes for some eye-opening takes on such poets as Thomas Kinsella and Patrick Kavanagh, whose styles are highlighted by the juxtaposition with Yeats. Crotty also seizes the opportunity to dismiss an early-century experimentalism?led by Beckett and Brian Coffey?as a dead end. The result is an anthology that proceeds with the liveliness of a literary argument in a Dublin pub.
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Elegy For Faustina by Fergus Allen
The Fall by Fergus Allen
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 6 by Fergus Allen
Cascando by Samuel Beckett
Roundelay by Samuel Beckett
Song by Samuel Beckett
Anna Liffey by Eavan Boland
The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me by Eavan Boland
Fond Memory by Eavan Boland
The Latin Lesson by Eavan Boland
Listen. This Is The Noise Of Myth by Eavan Boland
Midnight Flowers by Eavan Boland
Bagpipe Music by Ciaran Carson
Cocktails by Ciaran Carson
Dresden by Ciaran Carson
Hamlet by Ciaran Carson
The Mouth by Ciaran Carson
Ovid: Metamorphoses, V, 519-550 by Ciaran Carson
Deaths And Engines by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
The Informant by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
The Real Thing by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
Saint Margaret Of Cortona by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
The Second Voyage by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
Celibacy by Austin Clarke
Early Unfinished Sketch by Austin Clarke
The Lost Heifer by Austin Clarke
Martha Blake by Austin Clarke
Martha Blake At Fifty-one by Austin Clarke
Penal Law by Austin Clarke
The Planter's Daughter by Austin Clarke
St. Christopher by Austin Clarke
The Straying Student by Austin Clarke
Through Lane Or Black Archway by Austin Clarke
Tiresias: 2 by Austin Clarke
Death Of Hector: 6 by Brian Coffey
For What For Whom Unwanted: 1 by Brian Coffey
Ank'hor Vat by Denis Devlin
Little Elegy: 1 by Denis Devlin
Little Elegy: 2 by Denis Devlin
Otelia Asia Palas, Inc. by Denis Devlin
Annunciations by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
The Broken Doll by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
The Language Issue by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
Miraculous Grass by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
The Shannon Estuary Welcomes The Fish by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
The Unfaithful Wife by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
I'r Hen Iaith A'i Chaneuon by Ian Duhig
Reforma Agraria by Ian Duhig
Sydney Place: Beans by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: Railings by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: Tea by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Bus Station by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Dead Pianist by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Lost Wife by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Mobile by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Night Sky by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Old School by Sean Dunne
Sydney Place: The Poet Upstairs by Sean Dunne
Around The Corner From Francis Bacon by Paul Durcan
The Hat Factory by Paul Durcan
The Haulier's Wife Meets Jesus On The Road Near Moone by Paul Durcan
The Late Mr Charles Lynch Digresses by Paul Durcan
The Levite And His Concubine At Gibeah by Paul Durcan
Six Nuns Die In Convent Inferno: 1 by Paul Durcan
Tullynoe: Tete-a-tete In The Parish Priest's Parlour by Paul Durcan
A Bit Of Brass by Padraic Fallon
A Flask Of Brandy by Padraic Fallon
Kiltartan Legend by Padraic Fallon
Three Houses: 1. Gurteen by Padraic Fallon
Yeats At Athenry Perhaps: 1 by Padraic Fallon
Yeats At Athenry Perhaps: 2 by Padraic Fallon
Breaking Points by Eamon Grennan
Four Deer by Eamon Grennan
Totem by Eamon Grennan
1. by Michael Hartnett
Bread by Michael Hartnett
For My Grandmother, Bridget Halpin by Michael Hartnett
I Have Exhausted The Delighted Range by Michael Hartnett
The Man Who Wrote Yeats, The Man Who Wrote Mozart by Michael Hartnett
Moonshow 77 by Michael Hartnett
Badgers by Seamus Heaney
The Birthplace by Seamus Heaney
Broagh by Seamus Heaney
Casualty by Seamus Heaney
Churning Day by Seamus Heaney
The Cleric by Seamus Heaney
From The Canton Of Expectation by Seamus Heaney
From The Frontier Of Writing by Seamus Heaney
The Harvest Bow by Seamus Heaney
Keeping Going by Seamus Heaney
Mossbawn: Two Poems In Dedication. 1. Sunlight by Seamus Heaney
Squarings: 1. Lightenings 8 by Seamus Heaney
Squarings: 1. Lightenings 9 by Seamus Heaney
The Tollund Man by Seamus Heaney
Wheels Within Wheels by Seamus Heaney
The Colony by John Hewitt
An Irishman In Coventry by John Hewitt
A Local Poet by John Hewitt
Once In A Seaside Town With Time To Kill by John Hewitt
The Ram's Horn by John Hewitt
Substance And Shadow by John Hewitt
Gaeltacht by Pearse Hutchinson
Malaga by Pearse Hutchinson
Clear View In Summer by Valentin Iremonger
Icarus by Valentin Iremonger
This Houre Her Vigill by Valentin Iremonger
Spray by Biddy Jenkinson
1. by Patrick Kavanagh
14. by Patrick Kavanagh
3, Selection by Patrick Kavanagh
A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh
Elegy For Jim Larkin by Patrick Kavanagh
Epic by Patrick Kavanagh
Father Mat by Patrick Kavanagh
The Hospital by Patrick Kavanagh
Innocence by Patrick Kavanagh
Kerr's Ass by Patrick Kavanagh
Stony Grey Soil by Patrick Kavanagh
Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh
To The Man After The Harrow by Patrick Kavanagh
The Twelfth Of July by Patrick Kavanagh
Cromwell: Three Tides by Brendan Kennelly
Cromwell: Vintage by Brendan Kennelly
Ancestor by Thomas Kinsella
Chrysalides by Thomas Kinsella
Enough by Thomas Kinsella
Harmonies by Thomas Kinsella
Hen Woman by Thomas Kinsella
It Is An August Evening, In Wicklolw by Thomas Kinsella
One: 38 Phoenix Street by Thomas Kinsella
One: His Father's Hands by Thomas Kinsella
Tear by Thomas Kinsella
Between Hovers by Michael Longley
Caravan by Michael Longley
Ghost Town by Michael Longley
Homeric Poems: Argos by Michael Longley
Homeric Poems: Laertes by Michael Longley
Homeric Poems: Phemios & Medon by Michael Longley
Homeric Poems: The Butchers by Michael Longley
In Memoriam by Michael Longley
The Linen Industry by Michael Longley
Man Lying On A Wall; Homage To L.s. Lowry by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 1 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 10 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 11 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 12 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 2 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 3 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 4 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 5 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 6 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 7 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 8 by Michael Longley
River & Fountain: 9 by Michael Longley
Self-heal by Michael Longley
Wounds by Michael Longley
Wreaths: The Civil Servant by Michael Longley
Wreaths: The Greengrocer by Michael Longley
Wreaths: The Linen Workers by Michael Longley
Autobiography by Frederick Louis Macneice
Autumn Journal: 16 by Frederick Louis Macneice
Autumn Sequel: Canto 20, Sels. by Frederick Louis Macneice
A Hand Of Snapshots: The Once-in-passing by Frederick Louis Macneice
House On A Cliff by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Libertine by Frederick Louis Macneice
Mayfly by Frederick Louis Macneice
Meeting-point by Frederick Louis Macneice
Snow by Frederick Louis Macneice
Soap Suds by Frederick Louis Macneice
Star-gazer by Frederick Louis Macneice
The Suicide by Frederick Louis Macneice
Western Landscape by Frederick Louis Macneice
A Disused Shed In Co. Wexford by Derek Mahon
A Dying Art by Derek Mahon
Ecclesiastes by Derek Mahon
An Image From Beckett by Derek Mahon
Lives; For Seamus Heaney by Derek Mahon
Oblique Light On The Trite, On Brick And Tile by Derek Mahon
Rathlin by Derek Mahon
A Refusal To Mourn by Derek Mahon
The Snow Party; For Louis Asekoff by Derek Mahon
Tractatus by Derek Mahon
Mr Nabokov's Memory by Thomas Mccarthy
Persephone by Thomas Mccarthy
The Standing Trains by Thomas Mccarthy
State Funeral by Thomas Mccarthy
Peacetime by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 1 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 2 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 3 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 4 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 5 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 6 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 7 by Peter Mcdonald
Sunday In Great Tew: 8 by Peter Mcdonald
Homage To Hieronymus Bosch by Thomas Mcgreevy
Recessional by Thomas Mcgreevy
The Flower Master by Medbh Mcguckian
Gateposts by Medbh Mcguckian
Marconi's Cottage by Medbh Mcguckian
Porcelain Bells: 3. Speaking Into The Candles by Medbh Mcguckian
The Seed-picture by Medbh Mcguckian
The Sitting by Medbh Mcguckian
Child Burial by Paula Meehan
Laburnum by Paula Meehan
The Pattern by Paula Meehan
Lament by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 1 by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 2 by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 3 by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 4 by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 5 by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
Mary Hogan's Quatrains: 7 by Maire Mhac An Tsoi
1. 11 Rue Daguerre by John Montague
Cathleen by John Montague
The Cave Of Night: 3. Cave by John Montague
Dowager by John Montague
A Drink Of Milk by John Montague
Family Conference by John Montague
Herbert Street Revisited by John Montague
Last Journey; I.m. James Montague by John Montague
Like Dolmens Round My Childhood, The Old People by John Montague
The Same Gesture by John Montague
Small Secrets by John Montague
The Trout; For Barrie Cooke by John Montague
Anna Akhmatova's Funeral by Martin Mooney
Anseo by Paul Muldoon
Cauliflowers by Paul Muldoon
Cuba by Paul Muldoon
Gathering Mushrooms by Paul Muldoon
Lunch With Pancho Villa: 1 by Paul Muldoon
Lunch With Pancho Villa: 2 by Paul Muldoon
The More A Man Has The More A Man Wants by Paul Muldoon
Something Else by Paul Muldoon
Casement's Funeral by Richard Murphy
Morning Call by Richard Murphy
The Poet On The Island; To Theodore Roethke by Richard Murphy
The Price Of Stone: Convenience by Richard Murphy
The Price Of Stone: Kylemore Castle by Richard Murphy
The Price Of Stone: Roof-tree by Richard Murphy
Sailing To An Island by Richard Murphy
Seals At High Island by Richard Murphy
Stormpetrel by Richard Murphy
Era's End by Mairtin O Direain
Memory Of Sunday by Mairtin O Direain
Strong Beams by Mairtin O Direain
Lament For Tadhg Cronin's Children by Aogan O Rathaille
Claustrophobia by Sean O Riordain
Fever by Sean O Riordain
Frozen Stiff by Sean O Riordain
Mount Melleray by Sean O Riordain
My Mother's Burial by Sean O Riordain
Switch by Sean O Riordain
Syllabling by Sean O Riordain
The Clay Pipes by Cathal O Searcaigh
Lament by Cathal O Searcaigh
A Runaway Cow by Cathal O Searcaigh
A Nun Takes The Veil by Bernard O'donoghue
The Weakness by Bernard O'donoghue
Home by Frank Ormsby
A Paris Honeymoon: L'orangerie by Frank Ormsby
Passing The Crematorium by Frank Ormsby
Desertmartin by Tom Paulin
Off The Back Of A Lorry by Tom Paulin
Pot Burial by Tom Paulin
This Lonely Tower by Tom Paulin
Where Art Is A Midwife by Tom Paulin
A Written Answer by Tom Paulin
Milk by Maurice Riordan
Time Out by Maurice Riordan
A Word From The Loki by Maurice Riordan
Lent by William Robert Rodgers
The Net by William Robert Rodgers
Snow by William Robert Rodgers
Stormy Night by William Robert Rodgers
From The Irish by James Simmons
One Of The Boys by James Simmons
West Strand Visions by James Simmons
A Few Helpful Hints by Peter Sirr
To The Building Trade by Matthew Sweeney
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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Product Details

• Paperback: 436 pages
• Publisher: Blackstaff Pr (July 26, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856405612
• ISBN-13: 978-0856405617
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A near-model anthology, April 20, 2000

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This review is from: Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology (Paperback)

I use this book, together with Paul Muldoon's Contemporary Irish Poetry and Fallon/Mahon's Contemporary Irish Poetry as texts for Adult Education.Crotty's book has 47 poets and gives a short insightful introduction to every poet. It is a wide-ranging book, including 3 modernist poets, 5 poets who write in Irish--for which there are sensitive translations by Crotty himself as well as Muldoon and Heaney. Most space is given to Muldoon, Heaney, Kavanagh, MacNeice, Kinsella, Durcan, Clarke, O Riordáin, and Ní Dhomhnaill in that order. The poems are generally well chosen. Ciaran Carson is represented, and the other fine young poet in Irish Cathal O Searcaigh. There is the good humor of Durcan, Duhig and McDonald. My students feel warmly about the book, and are writing surprisingly good poems of their own as response to it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, February 18, 2012

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This review is from: Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology (Paperback)

I bought this book for class. I thought I would only read a few of the poems for class and never pick it up again. Just put the book down after having read the entire collection. Great buy. Wonderful collection of Irish poetry.