James Fintan Lalor (1807-1849) was one of the most original thinkers of the Young Ireland movement, and one of the most frequently appropriated by later Irish activists. He was celebrated as a proto-F
Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades. A pacifist prophet who remained true to his heartfelt beliefs, Mitchell reported back f
Anne Stevenson is one of Britain's leading poets. Astonishment, published just before her 80th birthday, is her second new collection since her much praised Bloodaxe retrospective Poems 1955-2005.
Afflicted with such mental illnesses as dementia, depression, and schizophrenia, twelve elderly men and women in London speak about their hopes, loves, and disappointments across the span of one day.
Adventurous, searching, interested in the luminous instant of reality that dwells in the perpetual now of the poem, this selection - drawn from ten collections published over three decades plus new wo
From the direct trajectory of her first collection, Straight Ahead, Clare Shaw's second collection Head On turns an unflinching gaze into startling new territories. Structured by interweaving themes o
Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. When a writer has published as much as Ko Un has in the course of more than fifty years of writing, it is hard to know whe
This reprint from 1879 consists of a collection of essays by nature writer Jefferies (1848-1887), who explores his feelings about the relationship between the natural and human worlds in the context o
Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Fiona Sampson, editor of Poetry Review. Her lectures discuss the relationship between poetry, music and ideas, taking examples
Bernard Spencer's work has been out of print for many years. This new edition will be welcomed by readers and academics, and will help redress the recent neglect of his work. Publication is timed to c
Heidi Williamson's first collection is highly unusual in being predominantly a book of poetry about science and our relationship with the world about us.
Kate Potts's distinctive first collection is concerned with imagination - as means of escape and of illumination, as destructive and redemptive. Its finely honed urban landscapes are shot through with
In this history of the Irish Boundary Commission, Paul Murray looks at British attempts from 1886 on to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for Home Rule. It also examines Ulster and British Unionist
Having retired from banking to pursue the classics, Chapman presents a revision of her 2009 PhD dissertation at University College Dublin. She examines the treatment of women by Greek philosopher and
