Paul Muldoon

Starred Review The first fulllength book on the life and work of thisoutstanding poet. Tim Kendalls study was specifically written as a detailedand accessible i... » 

Starred Review The first fulllength book on the life and work of thisoutstanding poet. Tim Kendalls study was specifically written as a detailedand accessible introduction to Muldoon. Complex probing surprising wideranging Muldoons poetry ranges from the exploration of his Ulster childhoodand of the Troubles to the discovery of America by a medieval Welsh princeand other esoteric subjects. While employing close readings Kendall alsoprovides the necessary contextual information biographical materialrelevant Irish history and mythology and sources for allusions. «