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Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Sarah Broom

Contemporary British and Irish Poetry By Sarah Broom

Contemporary British and Irish Poetry by Sarah Broom

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Summary

The book covers work by poets from a wide range of ethnic and regional backgrounds and covers a broad range of poetic styles, including mainstream names like Seamus Heaney and Carol Ann Duffy alongside more marginal and experimental poets like Tom Raworth and Geraldine Monk.

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Contemporary British and Irish Poetry: An Introduction by Sarah Broom

Sarah Broom provides an engaging, challenging and lively introduction to contemporary British and Irish poetry. The book covers work by poets from a wide range of ethnic and regional backgrounds and covers a broad range of poetic styles, including mainstream names like Seamus Heaney and Carol Ann Duffy alongside more marginal and experimental poets like Tom Raworth and Geraldine Monk. Contemporary British and Irish Poetry tackles the most compelling and contentious issues facing poetry today.

Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Reviews

'A significant contribution to discussion of the key debates around contemporary poetry. Broom is to be congratulated for handling the issues with such clarity and fluency.' - Steven Matthews, Oxford Brookes University, UK 'A handy tool for undergraduates, as it presents issues of gender, nation, class and poetic form in a methodical and lucid way.' - Justin Quinn, Year's Work in English Studies

About Sarah Broom

SARAH BROOM, formerly Lecturer in English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford and at Oxford Brookes, has held a Research Fellowship in English Literature at Massey University, New Zealand. She has published numerous articles and reviews on contemporary British and Irish poetry.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- 'Wanna yoo scruff': Class Politics: Tom Leonard, Tony Harrison, Don Paterson.- 'My tongue is full of old ideas': Race and Ethnicity: Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackie Kay, Moniza Alvi.- Gender, Sex and Embodiment: Simon Armitage, Grace Nichols, Carol Ann Duffy.- 'Widdershins round the kirk-yaird': Gender, Sexuality and Nation: Eavan Boland, Kathleen Jamie, Gillian Clarke, David Kinloch.- 'A fusillade of question marks': Poetry and the Troubles in Northern Ireland: Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley; Ciaran Carson.- 'A rustle of echoes': Self, Subjectivity and Agency: David Dabydeen, Paul Muldoon, Denise Riley.- The Tribes of Poetry: Tom Raworth, Geraldine Monk, Catherine Walsh, Peter Reading, Patience Agbabi.- Select Bibliography.- Index.

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GOR002280282
9781403906755
1403906750
Contemporary British and Irish Poetry: An Introduction by Sarah Broom
Sarah Broom
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20051018
288
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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