Of Mermaids and Others An Introduction to the Poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill |
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| Author:
| Shay, Cary A. |
| Series title: | Modern Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-0353-0567-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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This is a critical introduction to the poetry of Irish language writer Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, exploring issues of translating and contextualising her work, her revisions of Irish myth, folklore and political and religious iconography, her re-imagining of the mother figure, and the devices of death, silence and psychoanalytic discourse in her poems.
This is a critical introduction to the poetry of Irish language writer Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, exploring issues of translating and contextualising her work, her revisions of Irish myth, folklore and political and religious iconography, her re-imagining of the mother figure, and the devices of death, silence and psychoanalytic discourse in her poems.