Description
This collection of new essays offers the first sustained comparative reading of modern Irish and Scottish poetry.
About the Author
Dr Peter Mackay has worked as a Research Fellow at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry and lectured on Scottish and Scottish Gaelic literature at Trinity College Dublin. He has written An Introduction to Sorley MacLean (2010) and is editing volumes of Gaelic poetry and critical essays. Edna Longley MRIA, FBA is a Professor Emerita at Queen's University, Belfast. Her publications include Poetry and Posterity (2000) and as editor, Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems (2008). Dr Fran Brearton is Reader in English at Queen's University, Belfast. She is the author of The Great War in Irish Poetry (2000) and Reading Michael Longley (2006).
Reviews
'An insightful and informative survey of poetry and poets in both countries.' Books Ireland
Book Information
ISBN 9780521196024
Author Peter Mackay
Format Hardback
Page Count 346
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 700g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 20mm