Thomas Kinsella is among the most distinguished modern poets. His work over fifty years has challenged and enriched the poetic landscape. Rooted in locality, Kinsella's poetry employs myth and modernism in explorations that range from intense lyricism to political satire and social commentary. This representative selection of the poetry he has published from 1956 to 2006 invites readers to explore the range of his poetic world.

Selected poems

Literature & Fiction

Austin, Clarke

Poetry

Wake Forest University Press

Second Voyage

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

The sixth edition of this major modern poetic sequence concludes with a revised and expanded section of notes by Thomas Dillon Redshaw. Since its publication in 1972, The Rough Field has been praised as the most significant attempt in poetry to understand Northern Ireland’s troubled history.

The rough field

MONTAGUE, John.

This edition contains selections from John Montague's early work, including poems from many of his books: Poisoned Lands, A Chosen Light, The Rough Field, A Slow Dance, The Great Cloak, The Dead Kingdom, and Mount Eagle.

Selected Poems

Alfred, Lord Tennyson is among the most beloved English poets of all time. This edition of his selected poems includes classics like:• "The Lady of Shalott"• "Charge of the Light Brigade"• "Maud"• "Morte d'Arthur"• "Ulysses"• "The Lotus Eaters"Elegantly packaged with a ribbon marker, this volume is the perfect addition to any poetry library.

John Montague

History & Criticism

Derek Mahon is considered by his peers and readers to be the most remarkable poet of his generation. He was born in 1941 in Belfast, and educated at Trinity, Dublin. He lived for some years in London, and now lives both in Dublin and New York. 'The Hunt by Night' was considered by Seamus Heaney on publication to be Mahon's 'most exuberant and authoritative single volume to date...There is a copiousness and excitement about these poems that is to be found only in work of the highest order.' This book is intended for poets, readers. admirers (many) of Mahon's work.

The hunt by night

MAHON, Derek

The Rough Field

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Meeting the British

Paul Muldoon

Seventy-nine duotone photographs of remote Irish-speaking farming and sheepherding communities; Introduction by Ciaran Carson

The Donegal Pictures

Arts & Photography

Giese, Rachel

Photography & Video

With this third collection, Medbh McGuckian deepens her exploration of the tension between imaginative and quotidian experience in suburban Belfast. In poems that explore a woman’s intense inner lifewithin the body, within the home, within erotic and maternal relationshipsshe gracefully unhinges semantic structures and rational thought to create an emotionally charged and very personal language.

On Ballycastle Beach

McGuckian, Medbh

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Selected poems

Second Voyage

The rough field

Selected Poems

Selected Poems

The hunt by night

The Rough Field

Meeting the British

The Donegal Pictures

On Ballycastle Beach