Research Catalog

Title

The planter and the Gael : an anthology of poems / by John Hewitt and John Montague.

Author

Hewitt, John Harold, 1907-1987

Publication

Belfast : Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1970.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Montague, John
• Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

[23] p. : ill., ports.; 20 cm.

Summary

"A programme of poems by John Hewitt and John Montague, presented by the Arts Council in November 1970 in a number of towns in Northern Ireland, consisting of an anthology of the two poets' work. In the selection of his poems each poet explores his experience of Ulster, the background in which he grew up and the tradition which has shaped his work. John Montague defines the culture of the Gael, John Hewitt that of the Planter. The two bodies of work complement each other and provide illuminating insight into the cultural complexities of the Province."--

Alternative Title

Planter & the Gael

Subject

• Irish poetry > 20th century
• Northern Ireland > Poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Sean Bhean vocht ; Like dolmens round my childhood, the old people ; A lost tradition ; Old mythologies / John Montague -- Once alien here ; The green shoot ; The glens ; An Irishman in Coventry / John Hewitt -- The country fiddler ; The siege of Mullingar ; Short ones ; Liadan laments Cuirithir : (from the Irish, ninth century) / John Montague -- Gloss, on the difficulties of translation ; The man from Malabar ; The long bridge ; The search / John Hewitt -- The trout ; Clear the way ; Glencull waterside / John Montague -- The watchers ; My grandmother's garter ; Betrayal ; No second Troy / John Hewitt -- Auschwitz, mon amour ; All legendary obstacles ; The cage ; From A new siege / John Montague -- The colony ; Conversations in Hungary, August 1969 / John Hewitt.

OCLC

• 6512054
• SCSB-12655825

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library