Last Poems brings together the poems of Thomas Kinsella from his five final Peppercanister pamphlets, originally collected as Late Poems (2013), along with a substantial selection of new poems, fragments and revised work which the poet completed before his death in December 2021.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and its commemoration in Derry in January 2022, Carcanet proudly publish a new edition of Thomas Kinsella's Butcher's Dozen, with a prologue from the Saville Report, an epilogue from the Prime Minister's House of Commons apology, and a new author's note.
A selection of the essays and reviews of Thomas Kinsella, one of the greatest living Irish poets. It contains essays on the Gaelic poetry tradition, WB Yeats, Ezra Pound, Austin Clarke, Louis le Brocquy and Sean O Riada.
Irish literature exists in two languages. A dual approach is necessary if the tradition, with its historical, political and semantic tensions is to be understood and appreciated. This text presents the two traditions of Irish poetry - Gaelic and English - and their connections.
Thomas Kinsella is one of the distinguished modern poets. His work over fifty years has challenged the poetic landscape. It employs myth and modernism in explorations that range from intense lyricism to political satire and social commentary. This representative selection of his poetry invites readers to explore the range of his poetic world.
Written in the wake of Ireland's 2008 economic collapse, Thomas McCarthy's Pandemonium moves between lament and protest in search of a meaningful response in language.