The Oxford handbook of modern Irish poetry

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The Oxford handbook of modern Irish poetry

Statement of responsibility

edited by Fran Brearton and Alan Gillis

Title variation

Modern Irish poetry

Contributor

• Brearton, Fran
• Gillis, Alan A
• Gillis, Alan A
• Brearton, Fran

Subject

• English poetry -- Irish authors | History and criticism
• English poetry -- Irish authors | History and criticism
• Irish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Irish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

"Forty chapters, written by leading scholars across the world, describe the latest thinking on modern Irish poetry. The Handbook begins with a consideration of Yeats's early work, and the legacy of the 19th century. The broadly chronological areas which follow, covering the period from the 1910s through to the 21st century, allow scope for coverage of key poetic voices in Ireland in their historical and political context. From the experimentalism of Beckett, MacGreevy, and others of the modernist generation, to the refashioning of Yeats's Ireland on the part of poets such as MacNeice, Kavanagh, and Clarke mid-century, through to the controversially titled post-1969 'Northern Renaissance' of poetry, this volume will provide extensive coverage of the key movements of the modern period. The Handbook covers the work of, among others, Paul Durcan, Thomas Kinsella, Brendan Kennelly, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley, Medbh McGuckian, and Ciaran Carson. The thematic sections interspersed throughout--chapters on women's poetry, religion, translation, painting, music, stylistics--allow for comparative studies of poets north and south across the century. Central to the guiding spirit of this project is the Handbook's consideration of poetic forms, and a number of essays explore the generic diversity of poetry in Ireland, its various manipulations, reinventions and sometimes repudiations of traditional forms. The last essays in the book examine the work of a 'new' generation of poets from Ireland, concentrating on work published in the last two decades by Justin Quinn, Leontia Flynn, Sinead Morrissey, David Wheatley, Vona Groarke, and others."--Publisher's website

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• Oxford handbooks

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BTCTA

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

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Oxford handbooks