The poetry of Derek Mahon / Hugh Haughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haughton, Hugh, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahon, Derek, 1941---Criticism and interpretation.

Mahon, Derek.

Northern Ireland--In literature.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leading Irish poet Derek Mahon has written some of the key poems of our age. In this landmark study, Hugh Haughton opens up Mahon's work before our eyes, balancing critical overview with illuminating close readings. It will be come to be seen not only as the standard work on Mahon but as one of the critical cornerstones for the understanding of Northern Irish poetry. - ;Derek Mahon is one of the leading poets of his time, both in Ireland and beyond, famously offering a perspective that is displaced from as much as grounded in his native country. From prodigious beginnings to prolific maturity,

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Poetics of Home; 2. Forging an Identity: Night-Crossing; 3. The 'Ironic Conscience': Lives; 4. The Poetry of Afterlives: The Snow Party; 5. Writing Crisis: The Sea in Winter; 6. The Time of Exile: The Hunt by Night and Antarctica; 7. Poet in New York: The Hudson Letter; 8. The Yellow Book and the Fin de Siècle; 9. A New Wave: Harbour Lights; Select Bibliography; Inventory of Poems; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-382) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-14940-3

9786611149406

0-19-152693-2

OCLC:

476245929