The Life and Work of Thomas Macgreevy: A Critical Reappraisal Contributor(s): Schreibman, Susan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1441140921 ISBN-13: 9781441140920 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2013000255 |
Series: Historicizing Modernism |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.35 lbs) 312 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As a poet and literary critic, Thomas MacGreevy is a central force in Irish modernism and a crucial facilitator in the lives of key modernist writers and artists. The extent of his legacy and contribution to modernism is revealed for the first time in The Life and Work of Thomas MacGreevy. Split into four sections, the volume explains how and where MacGreevy made his impact: in his poetry; his role as a literary and art critic; during his time in Dublin, London and Paris and through his relationships with James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Wallace Stevens, Jack B Yeats and WB Yeats. With access to the Thomas MacGreevy Archive, contributors draw on letters, his early poetry, and contributions to art and literary journals, to better understand the first champion of Jack B. Yeats, and |