Improprieties : politics and sexuality in Northern Irish poetry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. |
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| Summary: | This is an innovative and accessible study of contemporary Northern Irish poetry in the light of current debates about post-modernism, poetry and politics, and the figure of woman in Irish political discourse. Close readings of the work of Tom Paulin, Medbh McGuckian, and Paul Muldoon focus on the `improper' elements of the poetry: the refusal of a sense of home, the disruption of `traditional' poetic form, and the sexual narratives told. Improprieties is a much-needed evaluation of Northern Irish poetry, distinguished by its critical sophistication and lucid readings of three notoriously complex but hugely important poets. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 263 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198112688 0198182392 |
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