Himself an Irish poet and critic, Grennan (English, Vassar College) begins with Yeats, then goes on to discuss such diverse poets as Kavanagh, Muldoon, Kinsella, and McGuckian. He also looks at poetry in the work of James Joyce and John McGahern. Most of the 34 essays have been published in journals. They are not indexed. Distributed by Fordham U. Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR