New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature

McDaid, Ailbhe

This book offers fresh critical interpretation of two of the central tenets of Irish culture – migration and memory. From its starting point with the ‘New Irish’ generation of poets in the United States during the 1980s and concluding with the technological innovations of 21st-century poetry, this study spans continents, generations, genders and sexualities to reconsider the role of memory and of migration in the work of a range of contemporary Irish poets. Combining sensitive close readings and textual analysis with thorough theoretical application, it sets out the formal, thematic, socio-cultural and literary contexts of migration as an essential aspect of Irish literature. This book is essential reading for literary critics, academics, cultural commentators and students with an interest in contemporary poetry, Irish studies, diaspora studies and memory studies.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-12-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319638041

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-63805-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 265