Ireland's Other Poetry by John Wyse Jackson

Ireland's Other Poetry by John Wyse Jackson

"Ireland's Other Poetry" accompanies the reader on a memorable journey through a country full of unexpected curiosities. Contributors range from Jonathan Swift to Shane McGowan, with others along the way such as Flann O'Brien, George Bernard Shaw and Seamus Heaney - and visitors like John Betjeman - but the book also rediscovers the work of many anonymous or neglected poets, humorists and lyricists.Among the anthology's almost 400 entries, readers will find verses on food and philosophy, on Guinness and ghosts, on war, on murder, on lighting a match. Masterpieces of wordplay and parody rub shoulders with sporting songs, advertising jingles and lyrics from the theatre. There is nonsense verse and satire and stage Irish buffoonery, there is religious propaganda, doggerel, music-hall bawdry, and good honest abuse - some of it decidedly politically incorrect.Irish verse has needed a shake-up for years. Since W.B. Yeats and his Celtic Revival, anyone daring to be funny has been written out of the story.

John Wyse Jackson, for years a director of John Sandoe's Bookshop in Chelsea, now lives in County Wexford. Publications include John Stanislaus Joyce: The Life of James Joyce's Father (with P. Costello), Flann O'Brien at War and We All Want To Change the World: A Life of John Lennon. Hector McDonnell is one of Ireland's most acclaimed artists. He has written and illustrated several books, including The Wild Geese of the Antrim MacDonnells and a prizewinning edition of The Night That Larry Was Stretched. His Life and Work of Lord Mark Kerr, a Regency surrealist fantastical artist, is imminent, as well as an illuminated volume about St Patrick.

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ISBN 13	9781843511229
ISBN 10	1843511223
Title	Ireland's Other Poetry
Author	John Wyse Jackson
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The Lilliput Press Ltd
Year published	2007-11-06
Number of pages	480
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