Past Histories: Vol 43/1

[Mahon, Derek] McCarthy, Patricia ed. Past Histories. [Including an essay by Martin Dodsworth: The God of Details: Translations and adaptations of Ted Hughes and Derek Mahon]. First Edition. Mayfield, Agenda Editions, 2007. Octavo. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes poems by Andrew Waterman, Peter Robinson, Alison Brackenbury and others. Also reviews of Ted Hughes and Derek Mahon. [Agenda Volume 43, No 1.] Agenda is one of the best known and most highly respected poetry journals in the world, having been founded in 1959 by Ezra Pound and William Cookson. It is edited by Patricia McCarthy, who co-edited the magazine with William Cookson for four years until his death in January 2003. She is continuing, as Seamus Heaney said, 'to uphold the lofty standards of Agenda'. (Agenda).