Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 19662010

Informationen zum Autor Eric Falci is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches courses on contemporary Irish literature, modern British literature and modern poetry. He has published essays on the poetry of Paul Meehan, the concept of place in contemporary British and Irish poetry, the publishing practices of contemporary Irish and Scottish-Gaelic poets, and on the work of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Klappentext This work reshapes our understanding of contemporary Irish poetry and offers a new account of poetic form. Zusammenfassung Eric Falci traces the evolution of some of the most exciting poetry written since World War II. In detailed readings of well-known Irish poets such as Paul Muldoon! Ciaran Carson! Seamus Heaney! Medbh McGuckian and Michael Longley! this book examines the changing roles of the poet within contemporary Irish culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Refashioning Irish poetry, 1966-1974; 2. Triangular Muldoon; 3. McGuckian's histories; 4. Carson's city; 5. Ní Dhomhnaill along the spine; 6. Conclusion: 'recent Irish poetry'.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Falci, Eric (University of California Falci, Falci Eric
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107018136
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01813-6
• No. of pages: 245
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets