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The poetry of Derek Mahon
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The poetry of Derek Mahon

Author: Hugh Haughton
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Leading Irish poet Derek Mahon has written some of the key poems of our age. In this landmark study, Hugh Haughton 'pens up Mahon's work before our eyes, balancing critical overview with illuminating  Read more...

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Named Person: Derek Mahon; Derek Mahon; Derek Mahon; Derek Mahon; Derek Mahon
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Hugh Haughton
ISBN: 9780199215447 0199215448
OCLC Number: 123113539
Description: vii, 402 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.'
Responsibility: Hugh Haughton.

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'The Poetry of Derek Mahon' is the model of what a book on a single poet ought to be. Lucy McDiarmid, Times Literary Supplement With its bibliographical thoroughness, attention to biography, Read more...

 
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