Late Poems by Thomas Kinsella
The five most recent volumes of poetry published by Thomas Kinsella's own Peppercanister Press--Marginal Economy, Man of War, Belief and Unbelief, Fat Master, and Love Joy Peace--are gathered together in this collection of the Irish luminary's late work. Each volume is a coherent whole but also constitutes a section of the ongoing project of his writing, and together the sections explore the great themes of the spirit, the body, and the body politic. The poems themselves--and sometimes even their syntax--remain open-ended and susceptible to new experience, opening up a new world of possibility to readers time after time. This collection offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the work of a writer at the heart of modern Irish poetry who is an heir of the tradition bestowed by W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and W. H. Auden.
Thomas Kinsella was born in Dublin in 1928. He attended University College, Dublin, entering the Civil Service, before becoming a full-time writer and teacher in the United States. He is the author of over thirty collections of poetry, and has translated extensively from the Irish, notably the great epic The Tain. He was a director of the Dolmen Press and Cuala Press, Dublin, and in 1972 founded Peppercanister Press for the publication of sequences and long occasional poems. The editor of The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse and of Austin Clarke's Selected Poems and Collected Poems, Thomas Kisnella is also the author of The Dual Tradition (Carcanet), a critical essay on poetry and politics in Ireland. His awards and honours include Guggenheim Fellowships, the Denis Devlin Memorial Award, the Irish Arts Council Triennial Book Award and honorary doctorates from the University of Turin and the National University of Ireland. In 2007 Thomas Kinsella was awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847772435 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847772439 |
| Title | Late Poems |
| Author | Thomas Kinsella |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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