Broken Line: Denis Devlin and Irish Poetic Modernism: Denis Devlin and Irish Poetic Modernism

by Alex Davis

Book Overview

This is a study of one of the most important poets of the mid 20th-century. At the time of his death, Denis Devlin was Irish ambassador to Italy. This book looks at Devlin's work within the aftermath of the Irish literary revival and Anglo-American and French modernism and then relates it to the work of Devlin's contemporaries (such as Thomas McGreevy, Brian Coffey and Samuel Beckett) and to modernism poets since his death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900621371
• ISBN13: 9781900621373
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"