Women, Poetry and the Voice of a Nation

AvAnne Varty

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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The concurrent tenures of Gillian Clarke as National Poet of Wales, Carol Ann Duffy as UK Poet Laureate, Liz Lochhead as Scots Makar, and Paula Meehan as Ireland Professor of Poetry, defied historic rifts between women, poetry and nation. This book explores the extraordinary changes these women fought to achieve as each made her way from marginalised ‘poetess’ of the 1970s to laureate at the heart of cultural establishment in the 21st century. It looks at how they revitalised these public offices, and explores their interventions in contemporary geopolitics and national self-understanding. It considers how they shaped their roles by engaging with poetic icons of the past, by linking poetry and education, and by joining poetry with politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-11-25
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474489843

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Anne Varty is a Professor in the English Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. She specialises in poetry by women since WW1, theatre since the Victorian era, and Oscar Wilde. She has edited two collections of essays about Liz Lochhead, most recently The Edinburgh Companion to Liz Lochhead (Edinburgh University Press, 2013).

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The huge volume of research that has gone into crafting this text suggests its importance for multiple fields of study. There is a wealth of information available here for historians and sociologists as well as literary scholars. Women, Poetry and the Voice of a Nation will be widely read and consulted in years to come.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionWomen, Poetry, and the Voice of a NationThe Laureate Roles: Three Poets and a ProfessorGillian Clarke. From Woman Poet to National PoetPaula Meehan: Poetry Across BoundariesLiz Lochhead. Performing ScotlandCarol Ann Duffy. The Edge has become the CentreAnswering Back. Poetry in Conversation with Wordsworth, Burns and YeatsNational Poets and the National CurriculumBrexit and BritanniaPostscript for the FutureWorks Cited