Dark fathers into light : Brendan Kennelly / edited by Richard Pine

Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe, 1994. 1st edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 224p; 22cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 194-224. Summary: Brendan Kennelly is one of Ireland's most distinguished poets, lecturers and broadcasters. He is a renowned editor and anthologist, and is Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. This collection of essays addresses Kennelly's work comprehensively, and includes a biographical portrait, an extensive bibliography and a penetrating interview. It portrays Kennelly as a man of two 'villages', his birthplace of Ballylongford in County Kerry and his workplace of Trinity College, Dublin, while locating him in the world of poetry as a craftsman who cares passionately about the continuing importance of lyric and narrative poetry and indeed the nature of language and the status of writing. Subjects: Kennelly, Brendan. Ireland - including Republic of Ireland. Ireland In literature. English poetry. Kennelly, Brendan, 1936- Poetry in English. Biography and criticism. Genre: Biography.