The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962-1972

by Heather Clark

This is the first full-length study of the extraordinary period of intense poetic activity in Belfast known as the Ulster Renaissance--a time when young Northern Irish poets such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, James Simmons, and Paul Muldoon began crafting their art, and tuning their voices through each other. Drawing extensively upon new archival material, as well as personal interviews and correspondence, The Ulster Renaissance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287317
• ISBN13: 9780199287314
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"