Invoking Ireland

by John Moriarty

In the nineteenth century, here in Ireland, we started to walk away decisively from a native language that was a way of seeing and knowing things. In the twentieth century we started to walk away from a religion that in many of its ideas and practices was a folk religion. In this century we are walking away from local accents, from the big open vowels upon which so many of our poems depend for their full auditory effect. Overall, in line with revolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843510790
• ISBN13: 9781843510796
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.4"