Island of Shadow: Irish Poetry Across the Centuries - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0717150615 ISBN 13: 9780717150618

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

In this beautiful gift book, we take a snapshot of the whole course of Irish poetry from early days to the present and accompany the poems with appropriate paintings and other illustrations. The principal emphasis is on the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries although Brian Lalor has not neglected work from earlier times, especially poetry in translation from the Irish. In all, this is a popular selection of generally familiar and well loved poems. He chooses the widest selection of poets, usually selecting just one work from each author. However, in the case of major figures such as WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney, he relaxes this general rule in order to give a selection from the works from these exceptional writers. With poems arranging from the 7th century "Pangur Ban" to Heaney and Derek Mahon, and including such favourites as The Croppy Boy, The Midnight Court, The Bells of Shandon and Francis Ledwidge's beautiful ballad June, this book makes an almost ideal gift book and Christmas present.

About this title

About the Author:

Brian Lalor is a freelance writer and printmaker. He was editor of the Encyclopaedia of Ireland and of the Yeats' selection I Am of Ireland. He is the author of many books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gill & Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0717150615
• ISBN 13: 9780717150618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Lalor Brian