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Author:

Potts, Donna L., 1962-

Title:

Contemporary Irish poetry and the pastoral tradition / Donna L. Potts.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 216 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

English poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
Irish poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.
Montague, John.
Heaney, Seamus,--1939-
Longley, Michael,--1939-
Boland, Eavan.
McGuckian, Medbh,--1950-
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala,--1952-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.

Contents:

A lost pastoral rhythm : the poetry of John Montague -- "The god in the tree" : Seamus Heaney and the pastoral tradition -- "Love poems, elegies: I am losing my place" : Michael Longley's environmental elegies -- Learning the lingua franca of a lost land : Eavan Boland's suburban pastoral -- "In my handkerchief of a garden" : Medbh McGuckian's miniature pastoral retreats -- "When Ireland was still under a spell" : miraculous transformations in the poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill -- Conclusion: The future of pastoral.

ISBN:

0826219438
9780826219435

OCLC:

(OCoLC)711050983

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)