John Hewitt Selected Poems
John Hewitt author Michael Longley editor Frank Ormsby editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Published:1st Mar '07
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‘… the universal poet, servant of the medium, renewer of the forms, discoverer of the nugget of harmony in the language of ourselves.' Seamus Heaney
'He brings to Irish poetry an invaluable chronicle of mixed allegiances and lost worlds of the ambiguities of the colony and the defeats of victory. No one else has quite had his themes; no one else has quite ventured on his enquiries.' Eavan Boland
Edited, with a new introduction, by acclaimed poets Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby, 'Selected Poems' is a testament to John Hewitt’s remarkable literary legacy, and a celebration of a unique, compelling and still urgent voice in 20th century Irish poetry.
John Hewitt outstrips the categories we keep invoking for him, such as 'doyen of Ulster poets' or 'conscience of the Plamyer tradition'. He becomes, instead, the universal poet, servant of the medium, renewer of the forms, discoverer of the nugget of harmony in the language and in ourselves.
-- Seamus HeaneyThe constant subjects of his poetry are historical isolation and private loneliness. When he uses one as a metaphor for the other, he writes with an unforgettable mixture of courage and perception.
-- Eavan BoISBN: 9780856408021
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 14mm
Weight: 196g
148 pages