Louis MacNeice and the Irish poetry of his time

Drawing extensively on archival research, Walker (Trinity College Dublin) illuminates [MacNeice]'s relationship with Irish poetry and literary networks of his time, oflering a detailed picture of Irish culture between the Irish literary revival and the 1960s. [Walker] challenges prevailing assu...

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Published inChoice Vol. 53; no. 10; p. 1479
Main Author Baggett, J S
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Middletown American Library Association dba CHOICE 01.06.2016
Subjects
Biographies
British & Irish literature
Irish literature
MacNeice, Louis (1907-1963)
Nonfiction
Poetry
Poets
Walker, Tom
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Summary:Drawing extensively on archival research, Walker (Trinity College Dublin) illuminates [MacNeice]'s relationship with Irish poetry and literary networks of his time, oflering a detailed picture of Irish culture between the Irish literary revival and the 1960s. [Walker] challenges prevailing assumptions about MacNeice's place in Irish and ¿Anglo-Irish literary history. He considers MacNeice in the context of the poetry written by his contemporaries rather than by his successors.
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975