A voice of their own?the role of women in contemporary Irish poetry

  1. Inés Praga Terente 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Revista:
Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI
  1. Hughes Cunningham, Brian Peter (coord.)

ISSN: 0214-4808 2171-861X

Año de publicación: 1992

Título del ejemplar: Modern Anglo-Irish Literature

Número: 5

Páginas: 131-141

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.14198/RAEI.1992.5.11 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Otras publicaciones en: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

Resumen

This paper is an attempt to describe and evaluate the distinctively female voice in contemporary Irish poetry, concentrating on the works of Eiléan Ni Chuilleanáin, Eavan Boland, Medbh McGuckian and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Both the private and the public dimension of their poetic output are analysed, with special reference to their attentiveness to ordinary life, their self-conscious femaleness, their concern for the past and their involvement in social and political affairs.