Robert Lowell and Irish Poetry - 9781788745093

Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

Robert Lowell and Irish PoetryAuthor(s): Eve Cobain, Philip Coleman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers\nISBN-13: 9781788745093, 978-1788745093\nSynopsis\nThis is the first book to provide comprehensive treatment of Robert Lowells engagements with Irish poetry. Including original contributions by leading and emerging scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, the essays in the volume explore topics such as Lowell and [url] Yeats, Louis MacNeice, and Denis Devlin, as well as the ways in which the American poets work was read by later Irish poets Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Paul Durcan, Leontia Flynn, and others. In addition to exploring the ways that several poets have engaged with Lowell, the book encompasses a wide range of thematic concerns, from Lowell and ecology to the politics of identification. The book also includes essays on aspects of Lowells engagements with Irish.