Improprieties: Politics and Sexuality in Northern Irish Poetry [Hardcover]

Clair Wills (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0198112688 | ISBN-13: 978-0198112686

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 related.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Wills's book touches on areas of importance for readers of what might be called the post-Heaney generation of Northern Irish poets, and it airs problems about the place of the feminine or the private in this work which could be of some significance.' Peter McDonald, Irish Review

About the Author

Clair Wills, Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 6, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198112688
• ISBN-13: 978-0198112686
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,535,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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