Description
This book is a comprehensive survey of the field of Irish women's poetry across all periods by leading scholars.
About the Author
Ailbhe Darcy is Senior Lecturer in creative writing at Cardiff University and the author of Imaginary Menagerie (2011), Subcritical Tests (2017), in collaboration with S. J. Fowler, and Insistence (2018), which won Wales Book of the Year, the Roland Mathias Poetry Award and the Pigott Prize for Poetry, Ireland's largest poetry prize, and was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award and the T. S. Eliot Prize. David Wheatley is a reader in English and Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of Contemporary British Poetry (Palgrave, 2015), and five collections of poetry, including The President of Planet Earth (Carcanet, 2017). Among the awards David has won are the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize.
Reviews
'Thanks to ground-breaking volumes such as this one, the radiant light of women's poetry will no longer be extinguished and obscured. One of the achievements of this volume is the decision to describe the literary scene not only by drawing on well-known major figures but also by including often overlooked or under-researched writers, depicting a cultural panorama of complexity and multiplicity. ' Pilar Villar-Argaiz, Estudios Irlandeses
'a comprehensive overview covering everything from medieval Ireland to the present day.' Erin Cunningham, Times Literary Supplement
'... highly recommended ...' Pauline Harrison, Women's Writing
Book Information
ISBN 9781108478700
Author Ailbhe Darcy
Format Hardback
Page Count 1
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 850g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm * 32mm