New Selected Poems
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New Selected Poems is a book of singular abundance and formal verve, featuring poems of rare vision and dramatic power by a consummate and resilient artist.
Derek Mahon è celebrato per la sua acuta osservazione della condizione moderna, tessendo intricati arazzi della vita urbana e del mondo naturale. La sua poesia esplora temi profondi di identità, memoria e la ricerca di significato in un paesaggio in rapida trasformazione. La voce distintiva di Mahon è caratterizzata dal suo rigore intellettuale, linguaggio preciso e una miscela unica di intensità lirica e distacco ironico. Il suo lavoro offre ai lettori un coinvolgimento profondamente riflessivo e spesso sorprendente con le complessità dell'esistenza.





New Selected Poems is a book of singular abundance and formal verve, featuring poems of rare vision and dramatic power by a consummate and resilient artist.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin, of English parents, and educated at Trinity College Dublin. London-based for many years, and a noted satirist during the reign of Queen Anne, he returned to Dublin in 1713 as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Gulliver's Travels appeared in 1726. Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and has held journalistic and academic appointments in London and New York. He has received numerous awards including a Lannan Award and the Scot Moncrieff Translation Prize. His Collected Poems was published in 1999.
This play by Derek Mahon is a modern adaptation of Molière's classic comedy, 'The School for Wives.' Set in contemporary times, it explores themes of love, marriage, power, and gender in a witty and insightful way.