Denman, Peter (1995) Book Reviews: On Ballycastle Beach; Against Piety: Essays in Irish Poetry; Heart of Hearts;. UNSPECIFIED.

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Of Medbh McGuckian's work so far, I would suggest that On Ballycastle Beach and the preceeding collection Venus and the Rain, contain her most satisfying and characteristic poems.This Gallery Press edition of On Ballycastle Beach is described as "revised", but the revisions of the material in the 1988 OUP edition are minimal .Against Piety gathers a dozen articles on recent Irish poets by Gerald Dawe, one of the most active commentators on the current poetry scene.Heart of Hearts is Dawe's fourth collection, and his first since Sunday School (1991). Here, as previously, his poems are characteristically spare and understated; he is content to leave much unsaid, particularly when it comes to drawing conclusions.

Item Type:	Other
Additional Information:	Irish University Review: Vol 25. No 2. 1995 pages 379-381
Keywords:	Ballycastle; Piety; Irish Poetry; Hearts;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies
Item ID:	838
Depositing User:	Peter Denman
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2007
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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