Northern Irish Poetry [electronic resource] : The American Connection /
Kennedy-Andrews, E.author.
Through discussion of the ways in which major Northern Irish poets (such as John Hewitt, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Louis MacNeice and Derek Mahon) have been influenced by America, this study shows how Northern Irish poetry overspills national borders, complicating and enriching itself through cross-cultural interaction and hybridity.
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Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Transnational Poetics; 2 John Montague: 'Circling to Return'; 3 Seamus Heaney: 'the Appetites of Gravity'; 4 Derek Mahon: 'Resident Alien'; 5 Paul Muldoon: Expatriate Transnationalism; 6 Ciaran Carson: Indigenous Transnationalism; 7 Conclusion: a Widening Circle; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Through discussion of the ways in which major Northern Irish poets (such as John Hewitt, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Louis MacNeice and Derek Mahon) have been influenced by America, this study shows how Northern Irish poetry overspills national borders, complicating and enriching itself through cross-cultural interaction and hybridity.
Literature-Philosophy.
Poetry.
British literature.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literary Theory.
Poetry and Poetics.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.