They’re classics now, but what did we think of books by Yeats, Behan and Binchy at the time?
What did The Irish Times first say about some works of literature that turned into classics? But the chief poems in the volume are quite new, and shows us that Mr Yeats is more brilliantly imaginative, original and self-reliant than ever. Indeed, this is the main feature for which Mr Yeats deserves unstinted praise – he pre-eminently “trusts his own soul”. The difficulty of solving the problem is increased by the fact that Wilde’s position in literature generally seems rather indefinite. Photograph: Nina Leen/Life/GettyThe Springs of Affection, by Maeve BrennanMay 1st, 1999Review by Fintan O’TooleYou can look for her in the Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, or the Dictionary of Irish Literature or the Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers.
Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2021 03:56 UTC
