Irish poetry under the Union, 1801-1924

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'The synthetic Irish thing'

The ruptured ear: Irish accent, English poetry

From Moore to Mahony: the transmigration of intellect

Samuel Ferguson's maudlin jumble

Mangan's golden years

Letting the past be past: The English poet and Irish poem

'Spelt from Sibyl's leaves': Hopkins, Yeats and the unravelling of British poetry

Violence and measure: Yeats after union. Cover; Irish Poetry under the Union, 1801-1924; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 'The Synthetic Irish Thing'; Chapter 2 The Ruptured Ear: Irish Accent, English Poetry; A Wandering Rhythm; 'Language Fades before Thy Spell!' Moore and the Music of Irish lyric; The Submerged Poem: Ferguson and the Amhrán; Chapter 3 From Moore to Mahony: The Transmigration of Intellect; A Small Seminal Principle; The Shandon Bells; Chapter 4 Samuel Ferguson's Maudlin Jumble; 'Barbarous Truth'; 'Páistín Fionn'; 'this Random Clink': 'The Fairy Thorn' Chapter 5 Mangan's Golden YearsThe Contemporeity of the Past; The One Mystery; A Curious Anticlimax; From East to West; Redundance of Blood; Chapter 6 'Letting the Past be Past': The English Poet and the Irish Poem; Celtic Demos; Passion of the Past; Immrama; Chapter 7 'Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves': Hopkins, Yeats and the Unravelling of British Poetry; Two Irish Evenings; The Commonweal; Finish in Art; Chapter 8 Violence and Measure: Yeats after Union; Farewells to the Harp; Through-otherness; The Common Dream; To Ireland in the Coming Times; Notes; 1 'The Synthetic Irish Thing' 2 The Ruptured Ear: Irish Accent, English Poetry3 From Moore to Mahony: The Transmigration of Intellect; 4 Samuel Ferguson's Maudlin Jumble; 5 Mangan's Golden Years; 6 'Letting the Past be Past': The English Poet and the Irish Poem; 7 'Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves': Hopkins, Yeats and the Unravelling of British Poetry; 8 Violence and Measure: Yeats after Union; Bibliography; Index