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Medbh McGuckian offers an original and wide-ranging analysis of one of the most daring and important poetic voices in contemporary Ireland. It considers the entire corpus of McGuckian’s published work, investigating previously neglected themes, in particular the exploration of creativity and performativity, while also emphasizing the thematic unity of individual volumes in the light of the poet’s constant change and development.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Literary Performance in Medbh McGuckian’s Early Volumes:
The Flower Master, Venus and the Rain, On Ballycastle Beach, and Marconi’s Cottage 2. The Politicized Aesthetic in
Captain Lavender, Shelmalier, and Drawing Ballerinas 3. Death and Spirituality in
The Face of the Earth, Had I a Thousand Lives, and The Book of the Angel 4. Inward Journeys:
The Currage Requires No Harbour, My Love Has Fared Inland, and The High Caul Cap 5. Thematic Readings of Medbh McGuckian’s Work
Afterword: How to End It All
Awards
Bibliography
Index
About the author
BORBÁLA FARAGÓ is a lecturer at Central European University in Vienna, Austria, and coeditor of five volumes, most recently Times of Mobility: Transnational Literature and Gender in Translation.
