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Love's Bittersweet: Translations From the Irish Poets of the 16th and 17th Centuries

Love's Bittersweet: Translations From the Irish Poets of the 16th and 17th Centuries

Flower, Robin

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Literary CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1162623330
ISBN13: 9781162623337
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.10 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Love's Bittersweet: Translations From the Irish Poets of the 16th and 17th Centuries is a collection of poems translated by Robin Flower. The poems in this book are written by Irish poets from the 16th and 17th centuries and explore the theme of love in all its complexities. The book includes works by well-known poets such as Eoghan Rua ����� S������illeabh�����in and Aodhag�����n ����� Rathaille, as well as lesser-known poets whose work has not been widely translated before. The poems cover a range of topics, from unrequited love to the joy of being in love, and are written in a variety of styles, from sonnets to ballads. The translations are faithful to the original Irish texts, but also capture the essence of the poems in English. Love's Bittersweet is a must-read for anyone interested in Irish poetry, love poetry, or poetry in general.1925. The originals of most of the poems here translated will be found in the collection of love poetry edited by Professor O'Rahilly under the title �������Danta Gradha.' These poems correspond in time to the lyrics of the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline poets in English. In their peculiar mingling of beauty and ironic wit they remind us in particular of the Cavalier poetry which drew much of its inspiration from John Donne, and some of the authors, for instance, Pierce Ferriter, were in the strict sense of the word Cavaliers, though with an Irish nuance.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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