Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966–2010
Author | : Eric Falci |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2012-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781139510745 |
ISBN-13 | : 1139510746 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Download or read book Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966–2010 written by Eric Falci and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Eric Falci reshapes the story of Irish poetry since the 1960s. He shows how polemical arguments concerning the role of poetry in 1960s Ireland evolve into a set of formal and compositional strategies for emerging Irish poets in the mid 1970s and beyond. His study presents a cohesive picture of the relationship between Northern Irish poetry from the Republic of Ireland since World War II and traces the lineage of lyric practice from a unique historical perspective. At the same time, it recontextualizes late twentieth-century Irish poetry within the long Irish poetic tradition, places Irish writing more accurately within the field of postwar Anglophone poetry and offers a new account of lyric's critical capacities. Of interest to Irish studies and twentieth-century poetry specialists, this book provides a much-needed guide to some of the most inventive and notable poetry written in the past forty years.