Contemporary Irish poetry and the pastoral tradition /

Potts, Donna L., 1962-

Contemporary Irish poetry and the pastoral tradition / Donna L. Potts. - Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)

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

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.

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Montague, John.
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013.
Longley, Michael, 1939-
Boland, Eavan.
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
Boland, Eavan.
Longley, Michael, 1939-
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-
Montague, John.
Boland, Eavan.
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013.
Longley, Michael, 1939-
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
Montague, John.
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-


1900-1999


English poetry--Irish authors--History and criticism.
English poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Irish poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.
Poésie anglaise--Auteurs irlandais--Histoire et critique.
Poésie anglaise--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Poésie irlandaise--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry.
English poetry--Irish authors.
Irish poetry.
Pastoral poetry, English.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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