Rough Field [Paperback]

John Montague (Author)

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Anniversaries: 1955
Anniversaries: 1956
Anniversaries: 1975
Anniversaries: 1975 An Alternative
Artists' Letters
Butcher's Dozen: A Lesson For The Octave Of Widgery
C. G. Jung's 'first Years'
The Good Fight
The Messenger
One: 38 Phoenix Street
One: Finistere
One: His Father's Hands
One: Minstrel
One: The Entire Fabric
One: The Oldest Place
A Selected Life: 1. Galloping Green. May 1962
A Selected Life: 2. Coolea. 6 October 1971
A Selected Life: 3. St Gobnait's Graveyard, Ballyvourney: That Evening
Song Of The Night
Song Of The Night: Carraroe
Song Of The Night: Philadelphia
Tao And Unfitness At Inistiogue On The River Nore: Afternoon
Tao And Unfitness At Inistiogue On The River Nore: Nightfall
Tao And Unfitness At Inistiogue On The River Nore: Noon
A Technical Supplement
Vertical Man: 4. Philadelphia. 3 October 1972
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 84 pages
• Publisher: Wake Forest Univ Pr; 3rd edition (June 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851053564
• ISBN-13: 978-0851053561
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,310,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes minor poets write masterpieces..., February 5, 2005

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This review is from: The Rough Field (Paperback)

I thought of this book today when I heard a great photographer talk about how he didnt realize when he was young that the subject for great art was what was right in front of you and that you knew best. 30 years ago, I spent 6 months reading and re-reading this book as one of the core demonstrations of my thesis that Irish poets only started to write great poems when they moved off the broad, universal themes (eg, love, death, war) and wrote about what they knew best and thought most passionately about - their country. Montague is no-one's idea of a household name (forgotten in the celebration of his contemporary, Seamus Heany) but this is as good a book of poetry as has been written by an Irishman after WWII. Treat yourself and find a copy.