Poetry and translation in Northern Ireland
Subtitle: dislocations in contemporary writing
By: Rui Carvalho Homem.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230221161
Subjects: English poetry -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; Poetry -- Translating -- Northern Ireland -- History; Poetics
Description: "This book offers an integrated reading of the poems and translations published by five prominent Northern Irish poets - Heaney, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon and Ciaran Carson - demonstrating that their 'original' writing and their versions of other authors are manifestations of their particular and consistently pursued poetics"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ContentsIntroduction: on rewriting as dislocationAuthority and freedom: Seamus HeaneyOf containment and unmeasure: Derek MahonVersions of compassion: Michael LongleyWords in transit: Paul MuldoonThe hand, the voice, the map: Ciaran CarsonConclusions - and some extensionsBibliographyIndex.