Return of the Gift

O'Neill, Michael

Abstract

Michael O'Neill's Return of the Gift is a volume about what is given and what is lost. Writing unsentimentally and with insight about powerful subjects such as the death of his mother, caring for his father, and his own recent diagnosis of cancer, the poet speaks of and to his personal and historical life and also explores themes of elegy and friendship. Memories are woven vividly throughout a thematically varied yet coherent collection, in which a witty and moving pleasure in living and language is always to the fore.

Citation

O'Neill, M. (2018). Return of the Gift. Arc

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2018
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 11, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: May 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9781911469476
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1122403
• Publisher URL: https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/michael-oneill-return-of-the-gift-574
• Contract Date: Jan 11, 2018