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A rebel act : Michael Hartnett's farewell to English / Pat Walsh.
Van Pelt Library PR6058.A696 Z7 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, Pat, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hartnett, Michael, 1941-1999--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hartnett, Michael.
- Hartnett, Michael, 1941-1999.
- Poets, Irish--Biography.
- Poets, Irish.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Ireland--Biography.
- Ireland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Michael Hartnett's farewell to English
- Place of Publication:
- Cork : Mercier Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- In June 1974 one of Ireland's leading poets, Michael Hartnett, announced his intention to stop writing poetry in English and concentrate on using the Irish language as his poetic medium. This was a curious and courageous decision, as Irish was not Hartnett's first language.
- 'I "realised" my identity and came to terms with it ... my going into Gaelic simplified things for me and gave me answers which may be naive but at least give me somewhere to stand.'
- A Rebel Act is an account of the background to Hartnett's action and the outcome of this choice on his life and career, as well as the reaction of the literary scene of the time. This is the story of one man's determination to connect to his Irish roots, a relationship he continued to pursue until the end of his life despite eventually returning to writing in English. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 '1941 was a terrible year' 11
- 2 'Look what he wrote for me' 23
- 3 "The Emigrant Stint' 31
- 4 'You Insolent Pup' 38
- 5 'I failed cum laude' 46
- 6 'Trust nothing you write' 57
- 7 'Golgotha, Gentlemen, please' 69
- 8 'The Zeal for Metre and Syllable' 77
- 9 'Till, Talk and Tankard' 92
- 10 'Exquisite Dream of a Poet' 100
- 11 'Táimse flabbergasted' 114
- 12 'To kill a language is to kill a people' 127
- 13 'The clinging blood upon the stones' 135
- 14 'A long way to come for nothing' 145
- 15 'No Totems, no Gods' 159
- 16 'A Conspiracy of One' 169
- 17 'Poet Causes Mayhem with Salad Saga' 184
- 18 'My English Dam Bursts' 189
- 19 'The Bible in Scouse' 196
- 20 'A River of Tears' 204
- 21 'Heartbreak in two languages' 209
- 22 'Alcohol's a cunning beast' 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1856359670
- 9781856359672
- OCLC:
- 785335233
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