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Selected poems / Seán Ó Ríordáin ; Frank Sewell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ó Ríordáin, Seán, 1916-1977, Author.
- Series:
- Margellos world republic of letters book.
- The Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish poetry--Translations into English.
- Irish poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first bilingual volume of poems by leading Irish twentieth-century poet Seán Ó Ríordáin In the mid-twentieth century, a new generation of poets writing in Irish emerged, led by the young Seán Ó Ríordáin, among others. Ó Ríordáin's work has stood the test of time well, and he continues to engage today's Irish readers and writers. This well-rounded selection of poems brings most of Ó Ríordáin's works to English-language readers for the first time. The poems appear in their original Irish alongside English translations by some of Ireland's leading poets. Also included for the first time in English is Ó Ríordáin's essay What Is Poetry?, considered an extraordinary touchstone of critical insight for poets and literary commentators.The volume reflects Ó Ríordáin's seven main concerns: poetry and its place in the artist's life; the plural self; the relationship between the individual and society; gender relations; the nature of animals; Ireland, its language and culture; and mortality.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- EDITOR'S PREFACE: 'Travels from self to self': The poetry of Seán Ó Ríordáin
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- From Eireaball Spideoige (1952)
- From Brosna (1964)
- From Línte Liombó (1971)
- From Tar Éis mo Bháis (1978)
- SEÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN, A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
- AFTERWORD
- NOTES
- NOTES ON THE TRANSLATORS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780300208368
- 0300208367
- OCLC:
- 1024049286
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