Life is a Dream
40 Years Reading Poems 1967-2007
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1999
Harvill Secker (Verlag)
978-1-84655-359-2 (ISBN)
Harvill Secker (Verlag)
978-1-84655-359-2 (ISBN)
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Presents Paul Durcan's own choice of his work from his first book, "Endsville" (1967), to "The Laughter of Mothers" (2007). This book presents the whole range of Durcan's writing - funny and subversive verse narratives and self-mocking poems of underachievement; and poems celebrating love and sex or the lives of famous writers and artists.
Famous for his electrifying poetry readings, Paul Durcan marks four decades of composing silently and reciting aloud with this magnificent collection, which brings together for the first time the critically acclaimed poet's own choice of his work from his first book, "Endsville" (1967), to "The Laughter of Mothers" (2007). "Life is a Dream" represents the whole range of Durcan's writing - funny and subversive verse narratives and self-mocking poems of underachievement; poems celebrating love and sex or the lives of famous writers and artists; as well as tender, poignant verses commemorating the dead. Throughout his long career, Durcan has continued to make passionate and moving poetry out of his own and his country's misfortunes. He is by turns a surrealist, a mystic, an Irish comedian with perfect comic timing and an angry champion of the oppressed. "Life is a Dream" reaffirms the constant vision and artistic integrity of one of the most powerful, humane and original voices in modern poetry.
Famous for his electrifying poetry readings, Paul Durcan marks four decades of composing silently and reciting aloud with this magnificent collection, which brings together for the first time the critically acclaimed poet's own choice of his work from his first book, "Endsville" (1967), to "The Laughter of Mothers" (2007). "Life is a Dream" represents the whole range of Durcan's writing - funny and subversive verse narratives and self-mocking poems of underachievement; poems celebrating love and sex or the lives of famous writers and artists; as well as tender, poignant verses commemorating the dead. Throughout his long career, Durcan has continued to make passionate and moving poetry out of his own and his country's misfortunes. He is by turns a surrealist, a mystic, an Irish comedian with perfect comic timing and an angry champion of the oppressed. "Life is a Dream" reaffirms the constant vision and artistic integrity of one of the most powerful, humane and original voices in modern poetry.
Paul Durcan was born in Dublin in 1944. His first book, Endsville (1967) has been followed by twenty-one others, including The Berlin Wall Cafe (a Poetry Book Society Choice in 1985), Daddy, Daddy (winner of the Whitbread Award for Poetry in 1990), A Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems (1993), Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil (1999), The Art of Life (2004) and The Laughter of Mothers (2007). In 2001 Paul Durcan received a Cholmondeley Award. He was Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2004 to 2007. He is a member of Aosdana.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84655-359-8 / 1846553598 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84655-359-2 / 9781846553592 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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