Irish Poets (Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition)

Irish Poets is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition. Every article in this set was carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in Irish Poets discuss such influential poets as Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, and Oscar Wilde. Contents ......Page 4 Contributors ......Page 5 Irish Poetry 1......Page 6 Æ 4......Page 9 William Allingham 10......Page 15 Samuel Beckett 21......Page 26 Eavan Boland 33......Page 38 Austin Clarke 50......Page 55 Padraic Colum 59......Page 64 George Darley 66......Page 71 Oliver Goldsmith 71......Page 76 Eamon Grennan 80......Page 85 Seamus Heaney 85......Page 90 James Joyce 101......Page 106 Patrick Kavanagh 110......Page 115 Thomas Kinsella 118......Page 123 George MacBeth 132......Page 137 Louis MacNeice 141......Page 146 James Clarence Mangan 159......Page 164 John Montague 166......Page 171 Paul Muldoon 181......Page 186 Jonathan Swift 195......Page 200 Oscar Wilde 208......Page 213 William Butler Yeats 219......Page 224 Checklist for Explicating a Poem 248......Page 253 Bibliography 251......Page 256 Guide to Online Resources 255......Page 260 Category Index 259......Page 264 Subject Index 261......Page 266 AE William Allingham Samuel Beckett Eavan Boland Austin Clarke Padraic colum George Darley Oliver Goldsmith Eamon Grennan Seamus Heaney James Joyce Patrick Kavanaugh Thomas Kinsella George MacBeth Louis MacNeice James Clarence Mangan John Montague Paul Muldoon Jonathan Swift Oscar Wilde William Butler Yeats. Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential Irish poets such as Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, and Oscar Wilde.