Antarctica

by Derek Mahon

This interim collection brings together recent work by one of Ireland's most highly regarded poets. 'A Kensington Notebook' celebrates Ezra Pound's Kensington, where the author lives; 'Tithonus' reworks Tennyson for the nuclear age; 'Craigvara House' remembers a spiritual crisis; there are memorable versions of Ovid and Rilke; and the volume ends with a magnificent elegy for Albert Camus.

Genres: Poetry

37 pages, Hardcover

First published November 27, 1985

About the author

Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and the Sorbonne, and has held journalistic and academic appointments in London and New York. A member of Aosdána, he has received numerous awards including the Irish Academy of Letters Award, the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize, and Lannan and Guggenheim Fellowships. - See more at: http://www.gallerypress.com/authors/m...