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The centenary of Patrick Kavanagh's birth in 2004 provides the ideal opportunity to reappraise one of modern Ireland's greatest poets. From a harsh, humble background that he himself described so brilliantly, Kavanagh burst through immense constraints to redefine Irish poetry - a poetry appropriate for a fully independent country, both politically and culturally. Moving beyond Irish verse's preoccupation with history, national politics and identity, he turned to the land and scenery of his native Inniskeen, portraying the closely-observed minutiae of everyday rural and urban life in an uninhibited, groundbreaking style. Lucid, various, direct and engaging, Kavanagh's poems have a unique place in the canon and a unique accessibility. This major new edition is the culmination of many years of work by Antoinette Quinn in creating authoritative texts for Kavanagh's poetry - from his early works such as 'Inniskeen Road: July Evening' to his masterpiece, the epic 'The Great Hunger', allowing us to see the development of Kavanagh's genius as never before.

"Mirando hacia atrás, veo que la gran tragedia de todo poeta es la pobreza. No tenía dinero ni profesión, salvo la de pequeño agricultor. Y tuve la desgracia de vivir los peores años de mi vida en una época en que no había consejos de las artes, fundaciones, ni becas en beneficio de los jóvenes poetas. En muchas ocasiones literalmente me morí de hambre en Dublín. A menudo pedía prestado un 'chelín para la gasolina' cuando en realidad quería la moneda para comprar una chuleta. Durante la guerra, en Dublín, hice una columna de chismes para un periódico por cuatro guineas a la semana. Supongo que, cuando lo pienso, si tuviera un carácter más fuerte, podría haberlo hecho mejor. Pero había una torcedura en mí, puesta allí en el verso". Patrick KAVANAGHCollected Poems (1964) -Patrick Kavanagh, (1904, Inniskeen, County Monaghan - 1967, Dublín) fue un poeta y autodidacta irlandés que trabajó durante un tiempo en una granja en su condado natal, experiencia proporcionó el escenario para una novela, Tarry Flynn (1948), dramatizada y presentada luego en el Abbey Theatre de Dublín. Después de mudarse a Dublín, donde pasó la mayor parte de su vida trabajando como periodista, Kavanagh escribió The Great Hunger (1942), una epopeya sobre un granjero irlandés, que contiene pasajes satíricos apasionados que recuerdan a D.H. Lawrence. Siguieron dos volúmenes de verso: A Soul for Sale (1947) y Come Dance con Kitty Stobling (1960). Sus poemas recopilados (Collected Poems) aparecieron en 1964.Muchos críticos y figuras literarias irlandesas lo consideran el mejor poeta de la nación desde William Butler Yeats, y uno de sus largos poemas, "The Great Hunger", es ampliamente considerado como una obra de gran importancia. Sin embargo, incluso los admiradores de Kavanagh encuentran su escritura difícil de caracterizar. "Hay un sentido en el que se puede decir que Kavanagh desafía las críticas", escribió Anthony Cronin en Heritage Now.

A comprehensive selection of Kavanagh's poetry. It includes selection that range from initial offerings such as "Tinker's Wife" and "Inniskeen Road: July Evening" to his tragic masterpiece "The Great Hunger" (1942) and celebratory verse, "To Hell with Common Sense" and "Come Dance with Kitty Stobling".

My part of Ireland had a poet at one time, a poor ragged fellow whom no respectable person whom no respectable person would be seen talking to, but he left doors open as he passed. Time hardly mattered in the village of Mucker, the birthplace of poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh. Full of wry humour, Kavanagh's unsentimental and evocative account of his Irish rural upbringing describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. There are tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching; of country-weddings and fairs, of political banditry and religious pilgrimages; and of farm-work in the fields and kicking mares.Kavanagh's experiences inspired him to write poetry which immortalized a fast-disappearing way of life and brought him recognition as one of Ireland's great poets.

A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escape over the nearest horizon. Like The Green Fool, his autobiography, Patrick Kavanagh's Tarry Flynn is an idyllic and beautifully evocative account of life as it was lived in Ireland earlier this century.