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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2021
Print publication year:
2021
Online ISBN:
9781108778596
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778596
Subjects:
Literature, Irish Literature
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Book description

A History of Irish Women's Poetry is a ground-breaking and comprehensive account of Irish women's poetry from earliest times to the present day. It reads Irish women's poetry through many prisms – mythology, gender, history, the nation – and most importantly, close readings of the poetry itself. It covers major figures, such as Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Eavan Boland, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, as well as neglected figures from the past. Writing in both English and Irish is considered, and close attention paid to the many different contexts in which Irish women's poetry has been produced and received, from the anonymous work of the early medieval period, through the bardic age, the coterie poets of Anglo-Ireland, the nationalist balladeers of Young Ireland, the Irish Literary Revival, and the advent of modernity. As capacious as it is diverse, this book is an essential contribution to scholarship in the field.

Reviews

‘Thanks to ground-breaking volumes such as this one, the radiant light of women’s poetry will no longer be extinguished and obscured. One of the achievements of this volume is the decision to describe the literary scene not only by drawing on well-known major figures but also by including often overlooked or under-researched writers, depicting a cultural panorama of complexity and multiplicity. ’

Pilar Villar-Argáiz Source: Estudios Irlandeses

'a comprehensive overview covering everything from medieval Ireland to the present day.'

Erin Cunningham Source: Times Literary Supplement

‘… highly recommended …’

Pauline Harrison Source: Women’s Writing

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