This book, by the eminent poetry critic Neil Corcoran, examines the ways in which the work of significant modern Irish, British and American poets interacts with or 'negotiates' different contexts…

The new edition, which like the original has had the advantage of Seamus Heaney’s own cooperation and unstinted access to the poet’s papers, follows the same pattern, adding a chapter…

An introduction to Irish literature from the 1920s onwards. The title suggests the immense influence Yeats and Joyce have had on the styles, stances, and preoccupations of 20th-century Irish literature…