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

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

ISSN: 0214-4808,  2171-861X

Year of publication: 1992

Issue Title: Modern Anglo-Irish Literature

Issue: 5

Pages: 131-141

Type: Article

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

More publications in: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

Abstract

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.

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