Poems and Translations
Poems and Translations
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Author: Robin FlowerFirst published in 1931, Robin Flower’s Poems and Translations combines his enchanting lyric poetry with his translations from the old, medieval and modern periods of Irish literature.
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ISBN: 9781874675327
Extent: 192
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Praise and Reviews
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‘Mr Flower’s poetry has loveliness and spontaneity. Though, as his sonnets prove, he can respond to the spell of rich lines and moulded thought, his whole bent is lyrical and individual. Beauty and love are almost all his song – they have the spring-like clearness of the Irish poets whom he translates.’ – Glasgow Herald
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‘He is of the company of those scribes whose glosses it has been his delight to refurbish.’ – Spectator
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About the Author
Robin Flower was Deputy-Keeper of Manuscripts in the British Museum from 1929 to 1944 and a lifelong visitor to the Blasket Islands in Kerry. His books include the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum (Vol.II, 1926), The Western Island (1944), and a translation of The Islandman (1934) by Tomáis O Criomhthain.