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Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974.
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Irish poetry -- 20th century.
Irish poetry.
English poetry -- Irish authors.
Ireland -- Poetry.
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Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974.
Irish poetry -- 20th century.
Irish poetry.
English poetry -- Irish authors.
Ireland -- Poetry.
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Collected poems / Austin
Clarke
; edited by
R
.
Dardis
Clarke
with an introduction by Christopher Ricks.
by
Clarke
, Austin, 1896-1974.
Carcanet ; The Bridge Press, 2008.
Call #:
821.91 C597c
Subjects
Irish poetry -- 20th century.
Irish poetry.
English poetry -- Irish authors.
Ireland -- Poetry.
ISBN:
9781857548259 (pbk.)
1857548256 (pbk.)
Description:
xxix, 573 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Some copies may be permabound.
Poems.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-557) and indexes.
Summary:
"Austin
Clarke
's first book of poetry was published in 1917, his last in 1971. In a writing life spanning much of the twentieth century,
Clarke
created a poetry of passionate, idiosyncratic modernity, rooted in place and time, universal in its resonance. His is poetry, writes Christopher Ricks, of 'delicate and dancing interlacings' which is also 'simple as join-hands'.
Clarke
can be challengingly elliptical or as robust and earthy as folk tradition; he dares the terrors of the damaged soul. His later poems Thomas Kinsella described in The Dual Tradition as 'wickedly glittering narratives ... poetry as pure entertainment, serious and successful'." "An earlier Collected Poems of Austin
Clarke
appeared shortly after his death in 1974. Now, newly edited and corrected, with
Clarke
's original Notes restored, a bibliography and an illuminating introduction by Christopher Ricks, the poetry takes its place for a new generation of readers as one of the most compelling bodies of twentieth-century Irish poetry"--Back cover.
Austin
Clarke
(1896-1974) is regarded as one of the leading Irish poets in the generation after Yeats. Born in Dublin he spent most of his life in Ireland, apart from a 16-year spell in London in the 20s and 30s, and Irish themes - the culture, landscape, religion and politics of his native home - dominate his poetry. Even more significant than subject matter, however, was Ireland's influence on the structure and texture of
Clarke
's poetry through his engagement with the Gaelic tradition. His deep knowledge of the folk and bardic strands of Gaelic poetry was first established during his time studying at University College Dublin, and his application of its techniques to verse written in English remains his greatest innovation.
Clarke
's first book of poetry, The Vengeance of Fionn, a long narrative poem retelling an Ossianic legend, shows the influence of Yeats.
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.
Dardis
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