Say but the word : poetry as vision and voice / Michael O'Siadhail ; editors: David F. Ford and Margie M. Tolstoy.
Publisher: Dublin, Ireland : Hinds Publishing Ltd., 2015Description: xxiii, 317 pp. ; 27 cmISBN:- 9781909442023 :
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Loanable Book | Library | Irish Collection | 821 OSI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000437611 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The section titles of this work give an indication of the passion of Micheal O'Siadhail for words as the building blocks of poetry.
'Wonder of words', gives O'Siadhail's approach to the astonishing phenomenon of language and explores the dimensions of his vocation as a poet.
'Working the word', gives four master classes in the beloved craft of poetry.
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This collection of essays and lectures from a cosmopolitan intellectual poet, who was trained as a linguist, brings a unique vision to the interweaving of words and thoughts which is the essence of poetry.
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