{"product_id":"irish-poems-hardcover","title":"Irish Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Poems \u003c\/i\u003eis a treasury of poetry from the Emerald Isle, stretching back fourteen centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the romantic ballad to the rebel song, from devotional Christian verse to revivals of ancient Celtic myth, poetry has long been Ireland's most eloquent response to its turbulent and colorful history. \u003ci\u003eIrish Poems\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a dazzling selection from a long and distinguished poetic tradition, ranging from the earliest Gaelic bards up to the present. Organized around such themes as politics, religion, Gaelic culture, the Irish landscape, and matters of the heart, the poems collected here come from a wide range of writers old and new, including such literary giants as Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Samuel Beckett, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Paul Muldoon, Evan Boland, Seamus Heaney, and many more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Belfast and is a lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on both Irish and Scottish literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 6.62 x 4.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376935125170,"sku":"9780307594983","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5c12396add6eaa6c76e60b278cc36bfb.webp?v=1777713408","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/irish-poems-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}