Selected Poems - Derek Mahon

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Penguin : Contemporary British Poetry
Paperback : 01 Jun 2006

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Represented in all modern anthologies by his great poem on Irish history 'A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford', Derek Mahon is regarded alongside Heaney and Longley as the leader of the resurgence of Irish poetry from the late 60s onwards. He writes lyric poetry of enormous wit, elegance and scepticism. Penguin published his first Selected Poems in 1990 - this new, expanded edition revisits the older work but also contains important new work from his most recent volume, Harbour Lights.

Collect the series; Carol Ann Duffy, James Fenton, Sophie Hannah, Tony Harrison, Geoffrey Hill, Derek Mahon, Roger McGough, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Brian Patten and Michael Rosen.