The Chosen ground
The Chosen ground: essays on the contemporary poetry of Northern Ireland
edited by Neil Corcoran
Publisher: Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan : Seren Books ; 1991.
ISBN: 1854110284
DDC: 821.914099416
LCC: PR8761
Edition: (pbk)
Summary:
For more than twenty years poetry from Northern Ireland has been
amongst the most exciting in Britain. Beginning with Seamus Heaney a
wave of young poets has explored the political situation there in
invigorating and inventive style. The Chosen Ground explores this
poetry, and in particular the dual Irish and British context which
lies at its heart. How does this hybrid heritage influence poets like
Mahon, Muldoon and Montague? Is the term 'Irish Poet' a valid one?
What does Michael Longley mean by the often recurring word 'home'?
How do Heaney's terms 'place and displacement' apply to his own work?
Is Paulin's development of cultural analysis in poetry an effective
response? This book offers new readings of poetry from Northern
Ireland. It looks, also, behind the accepted literary-historical
context for further, illuminating entries into the poetry, from the
classicism of Ovid to the theories of postmodernism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-277) and index.
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