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Poetry by Women in Ireland
Lucy Collins
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Description for Poetry by Women in Ireland
Hardcover.
This unique anthology of poetry written by women in Ireland 1870-1970 includes more than one hundred and eighty poems by fifteen women of diverse backgrounds, experiences and creative aims. Challenging the assumption that little poetry of note was written by women during the period, this rich and original collection reveals the range of their achievement and the lasting value of their work. Some of these women were prolific writers in many genres, others wrote poetry for a brief period only: all produced imaginative and memorable work that sheds new light both on the lives of women and on the development ... Read more
This unique anthology of poetry written by women in Ireland 1870-1970 includes more than one hundred and eighty poems by fifteen women of diverse backgrounds, experiences and creative aims. Challenging the assumption that little poetry of note was written by women during the period, this rich and original collection reveals the range of their achievement and the lasting value of their work. Some of these women were prolific writers in many genres, others wrote poetry for a brief period only: all produced imaginative and memorable work that sheds new light both on the lives of women and on the development ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846317569
SKU
V9781846317569
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Ref
99-50
About Lucy Collins
Lucy Collins is Lecturer at University College Dublin and the editor of 'Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970' (Liverpool University Press, 2012).
Reviews for Poetry by Women in Ireland
… there is much here that will be fresh to readers or is made new by its juxtaposition with contrasting writers. ...Poetry by Women in Ireland provides an invaluable opportunity to reassess our understanding of Irish literature's history and its present.
Irish Literary Supplement
Reviews'This is a strong, serious and necessary book. It sets out a hitherto ... Read more
Irish Literary Supplement
Reviews'This is a strong, serious and necessary book. It sets out a hitherto ... Read more