Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Introduction to the New and Revised Edition 1
4. The Poetry
5. Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967) 13
6. Austin Clarke (1896-1974) 21
7. Frank O'Connor (1903-1966) 52
8. Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967) 57
9. Padraic Fallon (1905-1974) 73
10. Brian Coffey (1905-) 85
11. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) 96
12. John Hewitt (1907-1987) 101
13. Louis MacNeice (1907-1963) 108
14. Denis Devlin (1908-1959) 116
15. W. R. Rodgers (1909-1969) 129
16. Donagh MacDonagh (1912-1968) 133
17. Charles Donnelly (1914-1937) 137
18. Valentin Iremonger (1918-) 140
19. Padraic Fiacc (1924-) 144
20. Anthony Cronin (1925-) 148
21. Pearse Hutchinson (1927-) 155
22. Richard Murphy (1927-) 161
23. Thomas Kinsella (1928-) 170
24. John Montague (1929-) 198
25. Sean Lucy (1931-) 225
26. Anne Hartigan (1932-) 231
27. Tom Maclntyre (1933-) 239
28. James Simmons (1933-) 245
29. James Liddy (1934-) 254
30. Desmond O'Grady (1935-) 260
31. Brendan Kennelly (1936-) 266
32. Seamus Heaney (1939-) 272
33. Michael Longley (1939-) 294
34. Seamus Deane (1940-) 307
35. Michael Hartnett (1941-) 313
36. Derek Mahon (1941-) 326
37. Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (1942-) 340
38. Michael Smith (1942-) 346
39. Augustus Young (1943-) 351
40. Eavan Bolarid (1944-) 356
41. Paul Durcan (1944-) 365
42. John Ennis (1944-) 373
43. Richard Ryan (1946-) 378
44. Hugh Maxton (1947-) 382
45. Frank Ormsby (1947-) 389
46. Ciaran Carson (1948-) 395
47. Tom Paulin (1949-) 406
48. Medbh McGuckian (1950-) 414
49. Peter Fallon (1951-) 419
50. Paul Muldoon (1951-) 423
51. Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (1952-) 435
52. Thomas McCarthy (1954-) 446
53. Aidan Carl Mathews (1956-) 451
54. Notes 459
55. Acknowledgments 491
56. Indexes 505