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Monaghan born Patrick Kavanagh was one of modern Ireland's greatest poets. From a harsh, humble background that he himself described so brilliantly, Kavanagh burst through immense constraints to redefine Irish poetry - a poetry appropriate for a fully independent country, both politically and culturally. Moving beyond Irish verse's preoccupation with history, national politics and identity, he turned to the land and scenery of his native Inniskeen, portraying the closely-observed minutiae of everyday rural and urban life in an uninhibited, groundbreaking style. Lucid, various, direct and engaging, Kavanagh's poems have a unique place in the canon and a unique accessibility.
By all accounts a difficult man ( and on his own admittance in some of the poems) Kavanagh never saw himself as being appreciated in his own lifetime. However since his death, his reputation has grown, and along with Yeats & Heaney has taken a place in the national consciousness.
This is a UK HB by MacGibbon & Kee , 1964. Lacks the original dustjacket.
Condition - moderate to heavy edgewear , a larger format hardback , internally no inscriptions, but tanned and foxed ( age spotted to page block ends and initial endpapers. With index of first lines, broadly chronological. Introduction by Kavanagh himself *( from 1964) suitably putting down of his own life and talent.
