The Historians

Author: Eavan Boland

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  • : $25.99 AUD
  • : 9781784109141
  • : Carcanet Press, Limited
  • : Carcanet Press, Limited
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  • : July 2020
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  • : Eavan Boland
  • : G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : 2010
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  • : en
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  • : 80
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Barcode 9781784109141
9781784109141

Description

A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century. Throughout her nearly sixty-year career, acclaimed poet Eavan Boland came to be known for her exquisite ability to weave myth, history, and the life of an ordinary woman into mesmerizing poetry.

Awards

Winner - 2020 Poetry Award - Costa Book Awards

Author description

 Born in Dublin in 1944, Eavan Boland studied in Ireland, London and New York. Her first book was published in 1967. She has taught at Trinity College, University College and Bowdoin College Dublin, and at the University of Iowa. She was Mabury Knapp Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, California. A pioneering figure in Irish poetry, Boland's previous works include The Journey and other poems (1987), Night Feed (1994), The Lost Land (1998) and Code (2001). Her poems and essays have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Kenyon Review and American Poetry Review. She was a regular reviewer for the Irish Times. She divided her time between California and Dublin where she lived with her husband, the novelist Kevin Casey. Eavan died in Dublin on 27th April 2020.