Rich & Rare Land: Irish Poetry and Paintings

Physical description; 141 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Index. Summary; "A Rich and Rare Land" is a lively new collection of poetry and paintings that celebrates the best in Irish verse and art. Works by artists such as Walter Osborne, William Orpen, Nano Reid and Sir John Lavery, are placed in harmony alongside poems by Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, Katharine Tynan, Louis MacNeice and Jonathan Swift, among others. Original and beautiful, "A Rich and Rare Land" offers a fresh and attractive approach to many of Ireland's finest poems and paintings. Other books by Fleur Robertson include: "Irish Ballads"; "A little Bit of Ireland"; and, "A Treasury of Scottish Verse". Subjects; Painting, Irish. English poetry - Irish authors. Painting, Modern - 19th century - Ireland. Painting, Modern - 20th century - Ireland. Ireland in art. Painting, Irish - 19th century. Painting, Irish - 20th century. Ireland - Poetry. English poetry. Poetry texts & anthologies ; Painting & paintings. English ; Ireland. Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Genres; Illustrated. Poetry.