Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, Tom Paulin has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene. This selection of his work draws on nearly four decades of poetry and translation, updating and expanding upon the
Selected Poems 1972-1990, and showcasing the microscopic detail and reinvention of the ordinary with which Paulin writes of place, culture and memory. The Ireland of Paulin's childhood is explored both from a personal and a historical perspective to form a complex picture of a country in turmoil and in recovery. But Paulin's concerns are as international as they are local, as reflected in his long-standing appetite for European writers, histories and languages. Dialectic and lyrical, original and exploratory, ambitious and provocative, Tom Paulin is one of the defining voices of his generation: brilliantly varied and utterly compelling, as apparent from this
New Selected Poems.
A brilliantly varied and utterly compelling new selection from Tom Paulin, one of the defining voices of his generation.About the AuthorTom Paulin was born in Leeds in 1949 but grew up in Belfast, and was educated in Hull and Oxford. He has published eight collections of poetry and several critical works, including
The Day-Star of Liberty: William Hazlitt's Radical Style and recently,
Crusoe's Secret: The Aesthetics of Dissent, The Road to Inver (2004) and
Love's Bonfire (2012). Well known for his appearances on the BBC's
Newsnight Review, he is also the G. M. Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford.
Book InformationISBN 9780571307999
Author Tom PaulinFormat Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Faber & FaberPublisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 129mm * 16mm