This collection is a multi-author volume of essays examining the work of over twenty poets from South Western Ireland, who write in both English and Irish. Offering overviews of each of the poets’ work, the chapters also focus on significant features of their respective oeuvres. Among the poets studied are Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Seán Ó Tuama, John Montague, Gerry Murphy, Thomas McCarthy, Trevor Joyce, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa.
The multifaceted volume addresses the different currents that are significant in the work of these poets, from the Modernism of MacGreevy to the politico-historical approach adopted by Thomas McCarthy. It places poetry in English and Irish side by side and creates a system of echoes that become apparent when the poets’ work is read in conjunction with that of their fellow writers.
The contributors to the volume come from Ireland, the US, and Europe and include confirmed and emerging academics.
"The volume greatly enhances our knowledge of Irish poetry. It offers a comprehensive vision of poetic writing from the South-West of Ireland, both in Irish and in English."
—Munira Hamud Mutran, professor of Irish Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil
“The south of Ireland has been blessed with several excellent, albeit underestimated poets. While readers who are aware of the accomplishments with figures such as John Montague, Elaine Ní Chuillianáin, Thomas McGreevy, and Seán Dunne will welcome Poets of Munster with pleasure, readers unfamiliar with these writers will be grateful to learn of the hidden riches revealed in this book.“
—Charles Armstrong, professor of English literature, University of Agder, Norway
Clíona Ní Ríordáin
Clíona Ní Ríordáin is a critic, translator, and Professor of English at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her monograph English Language Poets in University College Cork 1970–1980 (Palgrave Macmillan) was published in 2020. She sits on the Strategic Committee of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and chairs the CCI/Literature Ireland translation prize.
Stephanie Schwerter
Stephanie Schwerter is Professor of Anglophone Literature at the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France. Previously, she taught Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and worked at the University of Ulster and at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Catríona Clutterbuck
Patrick Crowley
Pádraig de Paor
Thomas Dillon Redshaw
Theo Dorgan
Damian Grant
David Mitchell Clark
Grace Neville
Máire Ní Annracháin
Caitríona Ní Chléiricín
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Ríona Ní Churtain
Rióna Ní Fhrighil
Thomas O’Grady
Brian Ô Conchubhair
Pádraigín Riggs
Melania Terrazas
Pilar Villar Argáiz
Declan Kiberd
Declan Kiberd is Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He is a leading international authority on the literature of Ireland, both in English and Irish. Kiberd has authored scores of articles and many books, including Synge and the Irish Language, Men and Feminism in Irish Literature, Irish Classics, The Irish Writer and the World, Inventing Ireland, and, most recently, Ulysses, The Book about Everything (2022).
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| Edited by | Clíona Ní Ríordáin , Stephanie Schwerter |
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| Contributions by | Clíona Ní Ríordáin , Stephanie Schwerter , Catríona Clutterbuck , Patrick Crowley , Pádraig de Paor , Thomas Dillon Redshaw , Theo Dorgan , Damian Grant , David Mitchell Clark , Grace Neville , Máire Ní Annracháin , Caitríona Ní Chléiricín , Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin , Ríona Ní Churtain , Rióna Ní Fhrighil , Thomas O’Grady , Brian Ô Conchubhair , Pádraigín Riggs , Melania Terrazas , Pilar Villar Argáiz |
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| Foreword by | Declan Kiberd |
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| Number of Pages | 468 |
| Language | English |
| Format | 8,3 in x 5,8 in |
| Publication date | 24.04.2023 |
| Type | Paperback |
| ISBN | 978-3-8382-1764-2 |
| Weight | 578 g |
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The volume greatly enhances our knowledge of Irish poetry. It offers a comprehensive vision of poetic writing from the South-West of Ireland, both in Irish and in English. In the long tradition of Irish Studies, it draws together the work of scholars from different parts of the world.
—Munira Hamud Mutran, professor of Irish Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil
“The south of Ireland has been blessed with several excellent, albeit underestimated poets. While readers who are aware of the accomplishments with figures such as John Montague, Elaine Ní Chuillianáin, Thomas McGreevy, and Seán Dunne will welcome Poets of Munster with pleasure, readers unfamiliar with these writers will be grateful to learn of the hidden riches revealed in this book.“
—Charles Armstrong, professor of English literature, University of Agder, Norway
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