{"product_id":"after-the-titanic-a-life-of-derek-mahon","title":"After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Enniss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Gill Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduct_Type: ABIS_BOOK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand: Gill Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 26-09-2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Over forty-five years have elapsed since Derek Mahon announced his arrival at the forefront of Irish literary life with the release of Night-Crossing, but he remains an elusive figure.\nIn the first comprehensive biography of Ireland s greatest living poet, Stephen Enniss uncovers a remarkable personal story. Here he establishes the life circumstances which stimulated or provoked Derek Mahon into poetic response, detailing for the first time his troubled upbringing in Belfast, his youthful suicide attempt and his decades-long struggle with alcoholism. He sets Mahon s poems against these personal struggles and in doing so reconnects the work to the life while also making a compelling case for the restorative power of art.\nBased on extensive archival research, interviews with Mahon himself, his family members, classmates, colleagues and others he is closely associated with, After the Titanic sheds new light on some of Ireland s best-loved poetry.\nWhile Mahon is the central figure, the book also contributes to our understanding of the other giants of Irish poetry who came of age with him in the 1960s, Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley.\n\nDerek Mahon is one of our greatest lyric poets; for all those who love his work, After the Titanic will be required reading.\nNicholas Grene, Professor of English Literature, School of English, Trinity College,\n\nMahon is the most elegant yet daring poet of his generation, as this book reveals.\nJohn Montague\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780717164417\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedLikeNew\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54199655825735,"sku":"PB-GC0W-U89V","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/510PiBxroBL.jpg?v=1781979702","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/after-the-titanic-a-life-of-derek-mahon","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}