A Treasury of Irish Verse

By David Gibbon and Edited By David Gibbon

Book Overview

Ireland is a country rich and deep in Literary heritage. But it is in poetry that the full breath and depth of that heritage has been best explored. "A Treasury of Irish Verse' captures all that is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717120007
• ISBN13: 9780717120000
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Gill & Company
• Length: 140 Pages

Customer Reviews

Nice Photos, Pretty Poems

From Front Cover: "Ireland is a country rich and deep in literary heritage. But it is in poetry that the full breadth and depth of that heritage has been best explored. 'A Treasury of Irish Berse" captures all that is best in Irish poetry. It features poems of passion, despair, hope and beauty by a wide range of Irish poets -- James Clarence Mangan, W.B. Yeats, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavangh, Seamus Heaney, Paul Durcan, Padraic Colum, Samuel Ferguson, and many more! On every page, words and carefully chosen full-colour illustrations complement each other and capture the unique character of the Irish.