Austin Clarke
Clarke was an Irish poet and novelist who wrote historical romances of early Celtic Ireland with unusual scholarly depth and erotic daring. The Bright Temptation and The Singing Men at Cashel explore the tensions between paganism and Christianity in early medieval Ireland.
Works
- The Bright TemptationNovel exploring temptation and spiritual conflict in Irish Catholic life
- The Singing Men at Cashel
- The Sun Dances at Easter
- The Polished Hoe
- The Meeting Point
- Storm of Fortune
- The Bigger Light
- Growing Up Stupid Under the Union JackAutobiographical novel of a Caribbean childhood under British colonial rule
- PilgrimagePoetry collection exploring spiritual pilgrimage and Irish Catholic consciousness
- Night and MorningNovel of metaphysical duality and the tensions between night and daylight
- Mnemosyne Lay in DustLong poem about mental asylum confinement and psychological breakdown
- Collected PoemsComplete poems spanning verse ranging from lyric to longer philosophical works
- Amongst Thistles and Thorns