Women Creating Women: Contemporary Irish Women Poets (Irish Studies) [Hardcover]

Patricia Boyle Haberstroh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996 | Series: Irish Studies

This examination of the work of Eithne Strong, Eavan Boland, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Medbh McGuckian and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill is a unique one, achieving a fine balance between historical survey and close analysis of Irish women poets.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Contemporary Irish women poets are discovering their own voices and redefining the images and roles of women in Irish history and myth, telling in their own words what it is like to be female in Ireland and describing the everyday lives of wives and mothers and the relationships between men and women. Haberstroh (English, La Salle Univ.) has written a thoughtful, thorough, intelligent analysis of the work of five of these poets, based on interviews with them and her own close reading of their poems, from which she quotes extensively. A chapter each is devoted to Eithne Strong, Eavan Boland, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Medbh McGuickian, and Nada Ni Dhomhnaill. The final chapter is a survey of poetry written by Irish women since 1980. Highly recommended for libraries with Irish studies or comprehensive women's studies collections.?Judy Mimken, Boise P.L., Id.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd); 1st edition (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815626711
• ISBN-13: 978-0815626718
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,494,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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