Improprieties Politics and Sexuality in Northern Irish Poetry

Name: Improprieties Politics and Sexuality in Northern Irish Poetry
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ISBN: 9780198182399

ISBN-10: 0198182392

ISBN-13: 9780198182399

Edition: 1993

Authors: Clair Wills

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This is an innovative and accessible study of contemporary Northern Irish poetry in the light of current debates about post-modernism, poetry and politics, and the figure of woman in Irish political discourse. Close readings of the work of Tom Paulin, Medbh McGuckian, and Paul Muldoon focus on the `improper' elements of the poetry: the refusal of a sense of home, the disruption of `traditional' poetic form, and the sexual narratives told. The intersections between post-modern literary form and post-coloniality are currently a focus of intense concern, but they have rarely been addressed in the context of Irish culture. Clair Wills focuses on Northern Irish poetry in her exploration of the…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Clair Wills is Professor of Irish Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Previous publications include That Neutral Island: A History of Ireland during the Second World War (2007) and Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO (2009).



Introduction



The Politics of Poetic Form



Women Poets: The Privatization of Myth



Language Politics, Narrative, Political Violence



Tom Paulin: Enlightening the Tribe



Medbh McGuckian: The Intimate Sphere



Paul Muldoon: Dubious Origins


Conclusion


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