Ciaran Carson (1948–2019)
Autore di Last Night's Fun: A Book About Irish Traditional Music
Sull'Autore
Ciaran Carson was born in 1948 in Belfast. He has been awarded the Irish Times Literature Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Yorkshire Post Prize
Fonte dell'immagine: Wake Forest University Press
Opere di Ciaran Carson
Opere correlate
Irish Pages: Self (Vol.7, No.1) : a journal of contemporary writing. (2013) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Carson, Ciaran Gerard
- Data di nascita
- 1948-10-09
- Data di morte
- 2019-10-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Ireland
- Luogo di nascita
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Istruzione
- St Marys CBGS Belfast
Queen's University, Belfast, UK - Attività lavorative
- writer
poet
translator - Premi e riconoscimenti
- FRSL
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LAST NIGHT'S FUN di Ciaran Carson
Constructed like a session, where each new chapter picks up the thread of the previous "song," this was a delightful read. Just fun, as the title suggests. And, as someone who attempts to play mandolin, it was exciting to see the background offered about performances and influence.
The language here is graceful and interesting as the poems fragmentally explore people and places of Belfast, as well as historical action and conflict. For readers unfamiliar with Belfast, however, or with recent history in Belfast, some of the poems might prove more difficult than others and require some research or explanation. Still, many of the poems can stand alone as powerful pieces inside or outside of history, and worth reading and rereading.
Great language and interesting sidelights. I kept reading hoping I'd figure out what was going on, but it never happened.
For best results, give yourself enough time to read this cycle of poems in one sitting. Written entirely in blank verse couplets, the book is separated into two halves -- each containing a sequence of poems with identical titles. The prevailing structure is that of a fugue, with images, persons, objects, places, dream-states, and dialog fragments performing the function of melodic units; recurring, intact or subtly modulated, overlapping, interlinking, and ultimately building into a dramatic unity. Very fine work. For my taste, the conclusion seems a bit too emphatic, perhaps even abrupt. But this is an extremely minor reservation and likely will evaporate upon re-readings.… (altro)
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