1 option
Cromwell : a poem / by Brendan Kennelly.
LIBRA PR6061.E6 C69 1987
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennelly, Brendan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658--Poetry.
- Cromwell, Oliver.
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Ireland--History--Poetry.
- Ireland.
- History.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 160 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books ; Chester Springs, Pa. : U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, 1987.
- Summary:
- Buffún is wracked by the living nightmare of Irish history. His torments are surreal but no less frightening than the awful truth. When Oliver Cromwell turns up, the hapless buffoon can't cope. This Cromwell is a cocky tyrant who wants to run a football team, or start a taxi business. Enter the Belly, the IRA, an Irish giant, and Billy of the Boyne: 'William of Orange is polishing pianos / In convents and other delicate territories, / His nose purple from sipping turpentine.' Kennelly's Cromwell delighted and scandalised readers in Ireland when it was first published by a small Dublin press in 1983. This extraordinary, extravagantly Irish act of revenge has retained its power to shock.
- Notes:
- Distributor from label on t.p.
- ISBN:
- 1852240261
- OCLC:
- 17729627
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.