Collected Poems Louis MacNeice

by Louis MacNeice

Book Overview

It is no longer necessary--and not before time--to "make a case" for MacNeice as a poet. He had a couple of decades of fame, and more of comparative neglect, but his contemporaries read him poorly on the whole, even when they were most appreciative: as a "30s poet" or "journalist," as the author of a few near-perfect lyrics, and even as a "professional lachrymose Irishman." Fortunately, errors of this order no longer need detailed correction. More...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930630638
• ISBN13: 9781930630635
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Wake Forest University Press
• Length: 876 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"