Poems and translations

by J.M. Synge

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Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Edmund John Millington Synge (pronounced /sɪŋ/) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots during its opening run at the Abbey theatre. Synge wrote many well known plays, including "Riders to the Sea", which is often considered to be his strongest literary work.

Although he came from an Anglo-Irish background, Synge's writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and with what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view.

Reviews

[James Dempsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

The humming and hesitative meh is strong in this one.

[Tech Nossomy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of poems by himself (22), Petrarca (12), Villon (3), Von der Vogelweide (1), Leopardi (1) and Musset (1). His own poems are mostly in the a-a-b-b or a-b-a-b rhyme format, and usually romanticising. The translated poems from French, German or Italian lack this romanticising element and therefore have its intended effect diluted.

Available on Project Gutenberg.

[T P Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little collection. Quite slight - beautifully produced edition.