| My Self, My Muse: Irish Women Poets Reflect on Life and Art Contributor(s): Haberstroh, Patricia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815629095 ISBN-13: 9780815629092 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: A collection of essays written by well-known contemporary Irish women poets about their lives in relation to their own poetics. A unique look into poets' minds and creative process -- personal identity blends with national Irish identity -- this book focuses on the transformation of these women's life experiences into their poetry. It is a conglomeration of voices around common themes, which have recently and forcefully emerged to permanently change Irish poetry. The experience of being women in a politically and religiously charged, male-dominated genre and country is one that transcends daily life by the need to articulate against the "norm". Poets describe in their own words, the issues they confronted in their growth as poets and the strategies they developed to translate life into art. The reader is allowed to see the threads that link these poets to one another and the characteristics that define their unique, individual subjects, themes, and styles. Included is a poem by each poet and a companion prose piece -- many of which are autobiographical -- that relates to the subject of the poem. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 821.910 |
| LCCN: 00068772 |
| Series: Irish Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.34" W x 9.3" (0.90 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A unique look into the minds and creative processes of contemporary Irish women poets, this book focuses on the transformation of their life experiences into poetry that blends personal identity with national identiry. It assembles many voices around common themes that are emerging to change Irish poetry permanently. Patricia Boyle Haberstroh, whose book Women Creating Women: Contemporary Irish Women Poets was a Choice Outstanding Academic book in 1996, shows in this new work how nine of the most prolific Irish women writers generate their poetry, broadening our understanding of the context of the poems. She pairs each author's verse with a companion (and often autobiographical) prose piece to illuminate the ways in which the poetry expresses the poet's personal experience. As women in a politically and religiously charged, male-dominated genre and country, these poets feel compelled to transcend daily life by articulating against the "norm." In this book, they describe the issues they confronted in their growth as poets and the strategies they developed to translate life into art. In linking these poets--drawn from Northern Ireland and England as well as the Republic of Ireland--Haberstroh throws into relief the characteristics that define their unique, individual subjects, themes, and styles. |