From stillness into history : Irish poetry since 1950 /
By: Goodby, John [author.].
Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000Description: 362 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0719029961; 9780719029967:; 9780719029967; 071902997X; 9780719029974.Subject(s): English poetry -- Irish authors -- History and criticism | Literature and history -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | American poetry -- Irish authors -- History and criticism | English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Irish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century | Ireland -- In literatureDDC classification: 821.9415| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 338-350) and index.
Acknowldegements -- Introduction : 'from stillness into history ...' -- Nation and stagnation -- From Éire to modernity -- Narrow raods to the deep north -- Opening up the field -- Out of Ireland?.
This book is a survey of poetry from Northern Ireland, the Republic, Britain and the USA. It covers the 1950s, 1960s, the early troubles period to 1976, the 1980s and 1990s. Each poet is placed firmly within his or her historical and social contexts.