Ciaran Carson - THE ALEXANDRINE PLAN THE GALLERY PRESS
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'From the dazzling, astonishingly inventive translations of Beaudelaire's, Rimbaud's and Mallarme's sonnets to his own poems and prose, Ciaran Carson continues to demonstrate what it means to have ears that truly work. He is one of the best poets we have on both sides of the Atlantic and the publication of every one of his books is a major event in our literatures.'
                                             Charles Simic

In thirty-four sonnets Ciaran Carson animates the romantic agony of three of Europe's great nineteenth-century poets with characteristic humour, argot and brilliant rhymes. Their formal patterns harness the forward rush of his thought and language. His 'correspondences' in the Alexandrine Plan show these poets' relevance to late twentieth-century Ireland.
 

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THE IRISH FOR NO THE NEW ESTATE FIRST LANGUAGE OPERA ET CETERA 
THE TWELFTH OF NEVER BELFAST CONFETTI
BREAKING NEWS THE MIDNIGHT COURT FOR ALL WE KNOW Cover: L'heure Bleue by Clément Serveau (1886-1972). All rights reserved COLLECTED POEMS. Cover: Howard Hodgkin, 'Nick' (1977) © Howard Hodgkin. Image courtesy of Alan Cristea Gallery ON THE NIGHT WATCH Cover: 'Woman Reading' (1911  Oil on Canvas) by George Braques 1882-1963 Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library © DACS 2009 UNTIL BEFORE AFTER Cover image: 'Gold Watch' by Pat Harris, courtesy of the artist, Taylor Galleries, Dublin and Purdy Hicks, London