Improprieties Politics and Sexuality in Northern Irish Poetry |
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| Author:
| Wills, Clair |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-818239-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1993 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.68AUD $65.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.