Taking her title from the Wexford fishermen who became gunmen in the Irish rising of 1798, McGuckian carries the sea changes in language she has elsewhere wrought in bodily tropes of waves, tides, liquidity, and blueness into poems where "the long, long dead / steer with their warmed breath / my unislanded dreams." In poems that warm history into the living and breathing voice, McGuckian transforms the rebels' "still unused voices" into "soon-to-be-living words" ("Rose Trellis") that may yet resonate in an island where hope ...
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Taking her title from the Wexford fishermen who became gunmen in the Irish rising of 1798, McGuckian carries the sea changes in language she has elsewhere wrought in bodily tropes of waves, tides, liquidity, and blueness into poems where "the long, long dead / steer with their warmed breath / my unislanded dreams." In poems that warm history into the living and breathing voice, McGuckian transforms the rebels' "still unused voices" into "soon-to-be-living words" ("Rose Trellis") that may yet resonate in an island where hope itself remains difficult two centuries later.
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Very Good. 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy. First edition copy....Signed Copy. We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 201grams, ISBN: 9781852352219.
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