Research Catalog

Title

The new North : contemporary poetry from Northern Ireland / edited by Chris Agee.

Publication

Winston-Salem, N.C. : Wake Forest University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Agee, Chris

Description

xli, 301 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The New North is a landmark anthology of contemporary poetry from Northern Ireland with a wide-ranging introduction that gives the reader valuable historical perspective into political and cultural contexts. A brief selection of classic poems by more established authors introduces the featured poets (born between 1956 and 1975); together they represent the past and the future of poetry in this small but fertile culture. Through descent and pastiche, influence and departure, the younger poets respond to the North's rich poetic tradition, as well as to previous political and social realities, yet reveal that other styles and subjects are equally important to their art." "This anthology is part of an international literary exchange between the National Endowment for the Arts and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland." --Book Jacket.

Subject

• 1950-2000
• English poetry > Irish authors

Genre/Form

• Anthologies (form)
• Poems (texts)
• Poetry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Some poems have parallel Irish and English text.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Seamus Heaney -- Derek Mahon -- Michael Longley -- Cathal Ó Searcaigh -- Jean Bleakney -- Chris Agee -- Moyra Donaldson -- Gary Allen -- Damian Smyth -- Andy White -- Ciaran Carson -- Medbh McGuckian -- Paul Muldoon -- Matt Kirkham -- Gearóid Mac Lochlainn -- Frank Sewell -- Paul Grattan -- Sinéad Morrissey -- Alan Gillis -- Leontia Flynn -- Nick Laird.

ISBN

• 1930630352
• 9781930630352

LCCN

^^2008930375

OCLC

• 216663118
• SCSB-11920077

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library