Neil Corcoran was born in Cork and is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.

'...written and argued with enviable subtlety and acuity.' TLS '...one of our best academic critics of contemporary poetry, and this book will serve to enhance his reputation. It is a lucid and intelligent account of a number of Irish poets, from Yeats, through Austin Clarke, Padraic Fallon and Louis MacNeice, to Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Tom Paulin, Derek Mahon, Michael Longly and Ciaran Carson.' PQR

Neil Corcoran was born in Cork and is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.

'...written and argued with enviable subtlety and acuity.' TLS '...one of our best academic critics of contemporary poetry, and this book will serve to enhance his reputation. It is a lucid and intelligent account of a number of Irish poets, from Yeats, through Austin Clarke, Padraic Fallon and Louis MacNeice, to Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Tom Paulin, Derek Mahon, Michael Longly and Ciaran Carson.' PQR

Neil Corcoran was born in Cork and is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.

'...written and argued with enviable subtlety and acuity.' TLS '...one of our best academic critics of contemporary poetry, and this book will serve to enhance his reputation. It is a lucid and intelligent account of a number of Irish poets, from Yeats, through Austin Clarke, Padraic Fallon and Louis MacNeice, to Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Tom Paulin, Derek Mahon, Michael Longly and Ciaran Carson.' PQR