Publisher's Synopsis
This wonderful book contains James Stephens's 1909 collection of poetry, "Insurrections". Stephens's first book of poems will appeal to a wide range of poetry-lovers, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of his wonderful work. James Stephens (1880 - 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet who is famous for his many humorous retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales. The poems contained herein include: "The Dancer", "The Street Behind Yours", "Nature", "What Tomas and Buile said in a Pub", "Chill of the Eve", "The Whisperer", "The Red-Haired Man's Wife", "The Tale of Mad Brigid", "Hate", "The Watcher", "The Seeker", and more. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
