The Poetry of Derek Mahon
Derek Mahon is one of the leading poets of his time, both in Ireland and beyond, famously offering a perspective that is displaced from as much as grounded in his native country. From prodigious beginnings to prolific maturity, he has been, through thick and thin, through troubled times and other, a writer profoundly committed to the art of poetry and the craft of making verse. He has also been no-less a committed reviser of his work, believing the poem to be more than a record inverse, but a work of art never finished. This virtuoso study by Hugh Haughton provides the most comprehensive accou
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9780191615580, 0191615587
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Poetics of Home; 2. Forging an Identity: Night-Crossing; 3. The 'Ironic Conscience': Lives; 4. The Poetry of Afterlives: The Snow Party; 5. Writing Crisis: The Sea in Winter; 6. The Time of Exile: The Hunt by Night and Antarctica; 7. Poet in New York: The Hudson Letter; 8. The Yellow Book and the Fin de Siècle; 9. A New Wave: Harbour Lights; Select Bibliography; Inventory of Poems; Index