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Book SynopsisEdna Longley relates contemporary Northern Irish poetry and the poetry of modern warfare to the overall history of 20th century poetry, arguing that the most important poets have stuck quite deliberately to their armoury of difficult traditional forms, adapting and extending them in response to modern wars, conflicts, oppression and injustice.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 9 Edward Thomas and Robert Frost 22 'Worn New': Edward Thomas and English Tradition 47 Louis MacNeice: Autumn Journal 78 'Shit or Bust': The Importance of Keith Douglas 94 'Any-angled Light': Philip Larkin and Edward Thomas 113 'Inner Emigre' or 'Artful Voyeur' ? Seamus Heaney's North 140 The Singing Line: Form in Derek Mahon's Poetry 170 Poetry and Politics in Northern Ireland 185 'Varieties of Parable': Louis MacNeice and Paul Muldoon 211 Notes 244 Acknowledgements 259 Index 261
