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The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse (Oxford paperbacks) [Paperback]

Thomas Kinsella (Translator)
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Oxford paperbacks September 14, 1989
In this delightful anthology, Thomas Kinsella, a renowned poet and translator, offers new translations of a significant selection of poems from the early centuries to the present day, thus revealing some of the greatest riches of Irish verse. No one has displayed the Irish tradition--which includes the earliest vernacular poetry in Western Europe--to better advantage than Kinsella has in this magnificent collection.
Divided into three "Books," Book I opens with the earliest, pre-Christian poetry in Old Irish and ends in the fourteenth century with the first Irish poetry in the English language. Book II, ranging from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, presents the age of bardic poetry and the great poetry of its decline, the "new" poetry in Irish that followed it, and the era of Swift and Goldsmith. Book III covers the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the beggar-poet Raifteiri in Irish and his English-language contemporary Thomas Moore, to the work of a number of poets born around the time of Yeats' death.


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All Legendary Obstacles Lay Between by John Montague
Hero's Portion by John Montague
Mother Cat by John Montague
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The Meeting Of The Waters by Thomas Moore
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The Petition Of The Orangemen Of Ireland by Thomas Moore
She Is Far From The Land by Thomas Moore
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 14, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0192826433
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192826435
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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This is a very scholarly textbook. It absolutely does what it sets out to do: provide an academic overview of the breadth of the history of Irish and English poetry from Ireland. That being said, where's the humor? Where's the humanity? Political and ecclesiastical history are well represented, and there's blood and tragedy a'plenty; but where are the people? I have to assume that I purchased something with extremely flawed expectations, but maybe that will help you decide whether to buy it.
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The book is a gret companion I cn open it at any time and find an appropriate poem to match my mood.
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