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Freacnairc Mhearcair : rogha dánta, 1970-1998 = The oomph of quicksilver : selected poems, 1970-1998 / Michael Davitt ; edited by Louis de Paor.

By: Davitt, Michael.
Contributor(s): De Paor, Louis, 1961-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cork : Cork University Press, 2000Description: xvii, 139 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 185918247X (hbk); 1859182488 (pbk).Subject(s): Irish poetry -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 891.62143
Contents:
from Gleann ar Ghleann (1981) -- from Bligeard Sraide (1983) -- from Rogha Danta/Selected Poems (1987) -- from An Tost a Scagadh (1993) -- from Scuais (1998).
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 891.62143 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00078140
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A dual language collection of poetry by one of the most vibrant and innovative Irish language poets.







Michael Davitt is a very well known Irish writer and broadcaster. He founded the poetry broadsheet and journal "Innti", and was a central figure in a new movement in Gaelic poetry in the 1970's. He became a friend of Sean O Riordain, to who's metaphysical wit he gave a sharp vernacular edge. Davitt was also influenced by the linguistic virtuosity of the American e.e. cummings, the Beat poets and American popular culture. His poems have a wide-awake conscience that holds a mirror to contemporary Irish society, while his poems about and for people he admires capture their force and vitality.







This is the first time Davitt's poems have appeared together in a single volume, and the translations were carefully worked by a number of leading Irish poets including Brendan Kennelly, Paul Muldoon, and John Montague.







Students of Irish poetry and poetry lovers alike will enjoy this selection.

Irish originals previously published in various periodicals.

from Gleann ar Ghleann (1981) -- from Bligeard Sraide (1983) -- from Rogha Danta/Selected Poems (1987) -- from An Tost a Scagadh (1993) -- from Scuais (1998).

Parallel Irish text and English translation.

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