The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry [electronic resource] /
Angelis, Irene De.author.
The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry provides a stimulating, original and lively analysis of the Irish-Japanese literary connection from the early 1960s to 2007. While for some this may partly remain Oscar Wilde's 'mode of style', this book will show that there is more of Japan in the work of contemporary Irish poets than 'a tinkling of china/ and tea into china.' Drawing on unpublished new sources, Irene De Angelis includes poets from a broad range of cultural backgrounds with richly varied styles: Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon, together with younger poets such as Sinéad Morrissey and Joseph Woods. Including close readings of selected poems, this is an indispensable companion for all those interested in the broader historical and cultural research on the effect of oriental literature in modernist and postmodernist Irish poetry.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry provides a stimulating, original and lively analysis of the Irish-Japanese literary connection from the early 1960s to 2007. While for some this may partly remain Oscar Wilde's 'mode of style', this book will show that there is more of Japan in the work of contemporary Irish poets than 'a tinkling of china/ and tea into china.' Drawing on unpublished new sources, Irene De Angelis includes poets from a broad range of cultural backgrounds with richly varied styles: Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon, together with younger poets such as Sinéad Morrissey and Joseph Woods. Including close readings of selected poems, this is an indispensable companion for all those interested in the broader historical and cultural research on the effect of oriental literature in modernist and postmodernist Irish poetry.
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- "Petals" on Sandymount Strand : Seamus Heaney -- Snow Was General All Over Japan : Derek Mahon -- Self-Contained Images and the Invisible Cities of Tokyo : Ciaran Carson -- The Gentle Art of Disappearing : Gabriel Rosenstock, Michael Hartnett and Paul Muldoon -- 'Tu n'as Rien Vu a Hiroshima' : Thomas Kinsella, Eoghan O Tuairisc/Eugene Watters, Anthony Glavin -- In Spaces Between East and West : Andrew Fitzsimons, Sinead Morrissey and Joseph Woods -- Bibliography -- Index.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Poetry.
Oriental literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Asian Literature.