Author: Kennelly, Brendan
Release Date: 01-12-1985
Details: Kennelly, Brendan Selected poems. [Signed - Limited Edition]. Edited by Kevin Byrne. [Dublin], Kerrymount Publications, [1985]. 22 cm. 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Brendan Kennelly this is a limited edition - No.260 of only 750 copies. Brendan Kennelly (born 1936) is an Irish poet and novelist. Now retired from teaching, he was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College, Dublin until 2005. Since his retirement he has been titled Professor Emeritus by Trinity College. He is father to one daughter, Doodle Kennelly and is also grandfather to Doodle's three daughters: Meg, Hannah and Grace. Kennelly was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, on 17 April 1936 and was educated at the inter-denominational St. Ita's College, Tarbert, County Kerry, and at Trinity College, where he edited Icarus. Kennelly graduated from Trinity and wrote his PhD thesis there. He also studied at Leeds University. Brendan was married to Margaret (Peggy) O’Brien for 18 years, Peggy was Brendan’s colleague in the English Department at Trinity College. They lived together in Sandymount, Dublin, with daughter Doodle for 12 years before separating. Brendan and Peggy remain friends and Peggy is now remarried. Peggy is a published poet and Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Kennelly's poetry can be scabrous, down-to-earth and colloquial. He avoids intellectual pretension and literary posturing, and his attitude to poetic language could be summed up in the title of one of his epic poems, Poetry my Arse. Another long (400-page) epic poem, The Book of Judas, published in 1991, topped the Irish best-seller list. A prolific and fluent writer, he has more than fifty books of poetry to his credit, including My Dark Fathers (1964), Collection One: Getting Up Early (1966), Good Souls to Sur..
EAN: 9780946308859
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Item Note: Ex-library copy with laminated cover. Title page, copyright page and early fly-leaf removed. Otherwise a VG copy.
Item Condition: UsedGood