The Finest Music: An Anthology of Early Irish Lyrics - (Riordan Maurice)(Paperback)

In a series of timeless and modern-day renditions, Maurice Riordan brilliantly introduces us to the poems that founded Irelands rich literature. Memorable and accessible, these early lyrics are presented in their classic incarnations by literary giants from both sides of the Irish Sea: in examples by W. H. Auden, Flann OBrien, Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Montague, Robert Graves and Frank OConnor. But the anthology is much more than a survey of canonical texts; through a series of specially commissioned poems, fresh eyes are brought to bear on these ancient poems: by Seamus Heaney and Eil an N Chuillean in, by Paul Muldoon and Kathleen Jamie, by Ciaran Carson and Christopher Reid, and many others. The experience is enhanced still further by the enabling hand of Riordan himself, in a sweep of exquisite translations of his own made especially for this
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