Northern Irish Poetry and the Russian Turn [electronic resource] : Intertextuality in the work of Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian /
Schwerter, S.author.
Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian are the three most influential poets from Northern Ireland who have composed poems with a link to the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union. Through their references to Russia the three poets achieve a geographical and mental detachment allowing them to turn a fresh eye on the Northern Irish situation.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'And Every Evening Surprised that I Was Still Alive I Repeated Verses'; 1 No Vodka, Aquavit or Uisquebaugh: The Russian Connection in the Work of Seamus Heaney; 2 'Punching Holes in History': Tom Paulin's Interest in Russia; 3 The Russian Dimension in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian: 'My Words are Traps through which you Pick your Way'; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian are the three most influential poets from Northern Ireland who have composed poems with a link to the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union. Through their references to Russia the three poets achieve a geographical and mental detachment allowing them to turn a fresh eye on the Northern Irish situation.
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Paulin, Tom
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature   .
British literature.
Poetry.
European literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
European Literature.