Sympathetic Ink - Intertextual Relations in Northern Irish Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Shane Alcobia-Murphy is a Lecturer in the School of Language & Literature, University of Aberdeen and Programme Co-ordinator for the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies. His previous publications include Governing the Tongue: Essays on Northern Irish Culture (Cambridge scholars Press, 2005). Klappentext Northern Irish poets have been notably reticent when addressing political issues in their work. In "Sympathetic Ink!" Shane Alcobia-Murphy traces that tendency through the works of Seamus Heaney! Paul Muldoon! and Medbh McGuckian. Using collections of the poets' papers made only recently available! Alcobia-Murphy focuses on the oblique! subtle strategies they apply to critique contemporary political issues. He employs the concept of sympathetic ink! or invisible ink! arguing that rather than avoiding politics! these poets have! via complex intertextual references and resonances! woven them deeply into the formal construction of their works. Acute and learned! "Sympathetic Ink" will serve as a perfect introduction to these crucial figures of Irish poetry. Zusammenfassung Northern Irish poets have been accused of reticence in addressing political issues in their work. He employs the concept of sympathetic ink! or invisible ink! arguing that rather than avoiding politics! these poets have! via complex intertextual references and resonances! woven them deeply into the formal construction of their works.

Product details

• Authors: Shane Alcobia-Murphy, Shane (School of Language and Literature Alcobia-Murphy
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2006
• EAN: 9781846310324
• ISBN: 978-1-84631-032-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies; Liverpool English Texts and Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies