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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453580003321

Titolo

This landscape's fierce embrace : the poetry of Francis Harvey / / edited by Donna L. Potts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5465-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PottsDonna L

Disciplina

821.914

Soggetti

English poetry - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; A DOOR HELD OPEN; AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCIS HARVEY; THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY; LOW TIDE; ON WATCH; AMONG THE BRACKEN LADEN EARTH; NA BAILTE BÁNAITHE; LAMENT; NOVEMBER SNOW; FOOTPRINTS; THE SHEEPMAN'S POET; THE WEIGHT OF WEALTH; IN CELEBRATION; LILAC TIME; THE INVERSION LINE; MOUNTAIN; BLESSINGS FOR FRANCIS HARVEY; MOONRISE, NEW YEAR'S EVE; SNOW IN DUBLIN: EPIPHANY; CONVERSATION WITH BEETHOVEN; FRANCIS HARVEY: THE SHEEPMAN'S POET; "THE GAELIC UNDERTOW"; LOCKED IN THIS LANDSCAPE'SFIERCE EMBRACE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The poet and playwright Francis Harvey, born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, has spent most of his life in County Donegal, where he has published an extraordinary range of poetry and served as a mentor for many other poets. This book serves as a tribute to him and his literary achievement. His admirers from Ireland and around the world have collaborated in a collection that includes paintings and photographs of the Donegal landscape about which he writes so movingly, perso...