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In The Stairwell, his tenth collection, Michael Longley's themes and forms reach a new intensity. The second part of the book is a powerful sequence of elegies for his twin brother, Peter, and the dominant mood elsewhere is elegiac.
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3 editions- Other · English · 2014The stairwellWake Forest University Press · 79 pages · 9781930630697
- Other · English · 2014Penguin Random House · 80 pages · 9780224101684
- Other · English · 2014Penguin Random House · 96 pages · 9781473511040
Poetry (poetic works by one author)PoetryEnglish Elegiac poetryEnglish poetryIrish authors