Peppercanister Press was a small press in Dublin founded by Thomas Kinsella to publish his own poetry. In later years, the series began to be published by Dedalus Press.
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Publications
editFirst series
edit- Peppercanister 1, Butcher's Dozen (1972)
- printed shortly after the Widgery Tribunal
- Peppercanister 2, A Selected Life (1972)
- in memoriam Seán Ó Riada
- Peppercanister 3, Vertical Man (1973)
- a sequel to Peppercanister 2
- Peppercanister 4, The Good Fight (1973)
- noting the anniversary of John F. Kennedy assassination
The first series was collected into the book Fifteen Dead (Dolmen/Oxford, 1979)[1]
Second series
edit- Peppercanister 5, One (1974)
- continuing themes from his book Notes from the Land of the Dead; includes illustrations by Anne Yeats
- Peppercanister 6, A Technical Supplement (1976)
- includes details of illustrations from Diderot's Encyclopédie
- Peppercanister 7, Song of the Night and Other Poems (1976)
The second series was collected into the book One and Other Poems (Dolmen/Oxford, 1979)
The first and second series were collected into the book Peppercanister Poems 1972-1978 (Wake Forest University Press, 1979)[1]
Third series
edit- Peppercanister 8, The Messenger (1985)
- Peppercanister 9, Songs of the Psyche (1985)
- Peppercanister 10, Her Vertical Smile (1985)
- These three were published simultaneously.[1]
- Peppercanister 11, Out of Ireland
- Peppercanister 12, St. Catherine's Clock
- These two were later collected as Blood and Family (Oxford University Press, 1988)[1]
Later publications
edit- Peppercanister 13,
- Peppercanister 14,
- Peppercanister 15,
- Peppercanister 16, "Madonna" and Other Poems (1995)
- Peppercanister 17, "Open Court" (1991)
- Peppercanister 18, The Pen Shop
- Peppercanister 19,
- Peppercanister 20, The Familiar (1999)
- Peppercanister 21, Godhead (1999)
- Peppercanister 22, Citizen of the World[2]
- Peppercanister 23, Littlebody[2]
- Peppercanister 24, Marginal Economy[3]
- Peppercanister 25, Readings in Poetry
- Kinsella discusses works by William Shakespeare, W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot
- Peppercanister 26, Man of War[4]
- Peppercanister 27, Belief and Unbelief (2007)[4]
- Peppercanister 28, Fat Master (2011)[4]
- Peppercanister 29, Love Joy Peace (2011)[4]
- 24, 26-29 collected as Late Poems (Carcanet Press, 2013)
Other collections
edit- Thomas Kinsella: The Peppercanister Poems (University College Dublin Press, 2001)[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kinsella, Thomas. “[www.jstor.org/stable/40350600|Visiting Hour].” Ploughshares, vol. 17, no. 1, 1991, pp. 103–105. Accessed Dec 7, 2016.
- ^ a b c Kinsella: The Peppercanister Poems, Publishers Weekly. Accessed Dec 7, 2016.
- ^ Kinsella, Thomas (1 November 2013). Late Poems. Carcanet Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1847772435.
- ^ a b c d Dedalus Press