Description
The centenary of Patrick Kavanagh’s birth in 2004 provides the ideal opportunity to reappraise one of modern Ireland’s greatest poets. From a harsh, humble background that he himself described so brilliantly, Kavanagh burst through immense constraints to redefine Irish poetry – a poetry appropriate for a fully independent country, both politically and culturally. Moving beyond Irish verse’s preoccupation with history, national politics and identity, he turned to the land and scenery of his native Inniskeen, portraying the closely-observed minutiae of everyday rural and urban life in an uninhibited, groundbreaking style. Lucid, various, direct and engaging, Kavanagh’s poems have a unique place in the canon and a unique accessibility.
This major new edition is the culmination of many years of work by Antoinette Quinn in creating authoritative texts for Kavanagh’s poetry – from his early works such as ‘Inniskeen Road: July Evening’ to his masterpiece, the epic ‘The Great Hunger’, allowing us to see the development of Kavanagh’s genius as never before.
States of Happiness 
Hiroshima Plus 20 
Pretend You Don't Know Me 
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 
Ten Poems from Russia 
Let Us Compare Mythologies 
Counting Backwards 
The Tamarit Poems 
Six Vowels and Twenty Three Consonants: An Anthology of Persian Poetry from Ruda 
The Moon Before Morning 
Steep Tea 
Over the Moon