ID: 2688
Ploughman and Other Poems.
KAVANAGH, Patrick
Category: First Edition
Place/Publisher/Date:
London Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1936.
Description:
First edition; 8vo; original green wrappers printed in blue. Kavanagh's first published collection of poetry. It is notable for its realistic portrayal of Irish country life, free of the romantic sentiment often seen at the time in rural poems. The book expressed a commitment to colloquial speech and the unvarnished lives of real people, which made him unpopular with the literary establishment. Two years after his first collection was published he had yet to make a significant impression. The Times Literary Supplement described him as "a young Irish poet of promise rather than of achievement," and The Spectator commented that, "like other poets admired by A.E., he writes much better prose than poetry. Mr Kavanagh's lyrics are for the most part slight and conventional, easily enjoyed but almost as easily forgotten." Very good, slightly browned to the edges, housed in a modern folding cloth box.
Price £2000.00
