Contemporary Irish Women Poets - Memory and Estrangement

Original study of contemporary women poets in Ireland, presenting readings of four important poets (Eavan Boland, EilÃ(c)an NÃ- Chuilleanàin, MairÃ(c)ad Byrne and Vona Groarke) and exploring themes and patterns in contemporary Irish women's poetry.

About the author

Lucy Collins is Lecturer at University College Dublin and the editor of 'Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870-1970' (Liverpool University Press, 2012).

Summary

Original study of contemporary women poets in Ireland, presenting readings of four important poets (Eavan Boland, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Mairead Byrne and Vona Groarke) and exploring themes and patterns in contemporary Irish women's poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Collins
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9781781381878
• ISBN: 978-1-78138-187-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies; Liverpool English Texts and Studies; Liverpool English Texts and St
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies