| Author: | Harry Clifton | ISBN: | 9781943666102 |
| Publisher: | Wake Forest University Press | Publication: | April 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Wake Forest University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harry Clifton |
| ISBN: | 9781943666102 |
| Publisher: | Wake Forest University Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Wake Forest University Press |
| Language: | English |
Harry Clifton, who divides his life between Ireland and elsewhere, is widely considered a bridge between younger and older Irish poets. This new volume provides further evidence of his pivotal position. Portobello, the district in Dublin where he lives, is a microcosm of a changing, cosmopolitan Ireland. These sonnets, written on his return from sixteen years in continental Europe, are at once a celebration of place, a coming to terms with age, and a rediscovering of the universal in the local.
Harry Clifton, who divides his life between Ireland and elsewhere, is widely considered a bridge between younger and older Irish poets. This new volume provides further evidence of his pivotal position. Portobello, the district in Dublin where he lives, is a microcosm of a changing, cosmopolitan Ireland. These sonnets, written on his return from sixteen years in continental Europe, are at once a celebration of place, a coming to terms with age, and a rediscovering of the universal in the local.
