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Author Potts, Donna L., 1962-

Title Contemporary Irish poetry and the pastoral tradition / Donna L. Potts
Published Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Montague, John.
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Longley, Michael, 1939-
Boland, Eavan.
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-
SUBJECT Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952-
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950-
Boland, Eavan
Longley, Michael, 1939-
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-
Montague, John
Boland, Eavan fast
Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 fast
Longley, Michael, 1939- fast
McGuckian, Medbh, 1950- fast
Montague, John fast
Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala, 1952- fast
Subject English poetry -- Irish authors -- History and criticism
English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Irish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Pastoral poetry, English -- History and criticism
POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English poetry
English poetry -- Irish authors
Irish poetry
Pastoral poetry, English
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826272690
082627269X