Mules

by Paul Muldoon

Book by Muldoon, Paul

Genres: Poetry

66 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Born in Northern Ireland, Muldoon currently resides in the US and teaches at Princeton University. He held the chair of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University from 1999 through 2004. In September 2007, Muldoon became the poetry editor of The New Yorker.

Awards:
1992: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Madoc: A Mystery
1994: T. S. Eliot Prize for The Annals of Chile
1997: Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry for New Selected Poems 1968–1994
2002: T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) for Moy Sand and Gravel
2003: Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada) for Moy Sand and Gravel
2003: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Moy Sand and Gravel
2004: American Ireland Fund Literary Award
2004: Aspen Prize
2004: Shakespeare Prize

Reviews

[Tyrone_Slothrop (ex-MB) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intelligibile (a prima vista)

Il secondo libro di Muldoon è composto da poemi che paiono facilmente intelligibili ed invece richiedono una profonda attenzione e una capacità di approfondire i rimandi.
Infatti qui lo scrittore dichiara subito che la sua riflessione sarà sui rapporti tra il poeta, la società e la storia personale: He'll be rambling on, no doubt, about pigs and trees, stars and horses .
Ed in effetti la natura irlandese e i ricordi di infanzia (declinati sempre in atmosfere epiche ed antiche) sono i protagonisti di questa raccolta.
Per molti poemi (in particolare per Armageddon, Armageddon è spesso necessario ricorrere a qualche commento o critica se si vogliono cogliere i molti rimandi di una poesia che, in effetti, è molto più criptica di quanto appaia.

[Saksham · Rating 1 out of 5]

Having bought this book as part of a bundle of 3 books, having already been disappointed by a collection by Manley Gerad Hopkins, I had higher hopes for the book, this book did clear the bar, however the bar was never high enough, so in the end It was still a disappointing read with nothing of substance in it

[Osian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very entertaining collection by Muldoon, but other than that I doubt I'll be returning to it much outside of my degree. The poems read more like metaphorical short stories, almost reminding me of Borges? Very unique. The constant theme of ironic opposites and unconventional characters were pretty cool too