Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland /

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"This manuscript examines poetry in post-Independence Ireland in the context of legal developments and controversies, and brings to light the importance of these things in shaping the country's literature"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanna, Adam, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Law and literature.
English poetry > Irish authors.
English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Ireland > History.
Law and literature > Ireland > History.
Law in literature.
English poetry > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Unacknowledged legislators' dreams
  • The new laws of the 1920s : W.B. Yeats
  • Jurisdictions of the past : Austin Clarke
  • Sounding justice : Rhoda Coghill
  • The civil servant as poet : Thomas Kinsella
  • Unwritten laws : Seamus Heaney
  • Legislators of the unacknowledged : Paula Meehan and Paul Durcan
  • The body of the law in new poetry : Elaine Feeney, Miriam Gamble, Julie Morrissy and Doireann Ní Ghríofa
  • Conclusion: Contending remembrances.

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