Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000

Over the last two centuries, Ireland has produced some of the world''s most outstanding and best-loved poets, from Thomas Moore to W. B. Yeats to Seamus Heaney. This introduction not only provides an essential overview of the history and development of poetry in Ireland, but also offers new approaches to aspects of the field. Justin Quinn argues that the language issues of Irish poetry have been m...