The 1916 Poets

The 1916 Poets

by Desmond Ryan (Author)

Synopsis

The collected poetry of Padraic H. Pearse, Joseph M. Plunkett and Thomas MacDonagh. Edited with an introduction by Desmond Ryan. First published in 1963 and now being made available in paperback, this unique collection brings together all the poems of Pearse, Plunkett and MacDonagh which the poets themselves wished to survive. In a masterly introduction Desmond Ryan, who was acquainted with all three writers, places the poems within their literary and political context.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 174
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Published: 31 Mar 1995

ISBN 10: 0717122948
ISBN 13: 9780717122943

Author Bio
Desmond Ryan was born in London. He acted as secretary to Pearse before the 1916 Rising. An accomplished journalist, he wrote several major biographies of Pearse, James Connolly, Eamon de Valera and James Stephens, the Fenian leader. He died in 1964.