Cary A. Shay holds degrees in Classical Studies, Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama and English Literature from universities in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom. She completed her PhD at the University of Kent. Her research interests include modern poetry, Anglo-Irish and Irish-language literature, psychoanalytic theory, and feminism and psychoanalysis.

«Throughout the book, Shay’s close reading of Ní Dhomhnaill’s work is both clear and insightful. Her careful research provides a deeper understanding and appreciation of the rich world of Ní Dhomhnaill’s aesthetic vision. Ní Dhomhnaill’s unique development of the tradition of Irish language poetry and her creative assimilation of Irish oral culture have made her a major figure in contemporary poetry, and the first Irish language poet to gain an international following. Her work deserves more scholarly attention, and Of Mermaids and Others is a laudable first step in that direction.»(Adrienne Leavy, Reading Ireland Vol. 4 Issue 1 2018)

• Contents: Making Sense of Translated Lives: Linguistic and Critical Contexts – Earth Mothers, Teeth Mothers, Virgin Mothers: Ní Dhomhnaill and the Revising of the Maternal – Sexuality and the Myth of Sovereignty – Of Mermaids and Others: Death, Silence and the Unspeakable in Ní Dhomhnaill’s Folklore Poems.

Cary A. Shay holds degrees in Classical Studies, Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama and English Literature from universities in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom. She completed her PhD at the University of Kent. Her research interests include modern poetry, Anglo-Irish and Irish-language literature, psychoanalytic theory, and feminism and psychoanalysis.

«Throughout the book, Shay’s close reading of Ní Dhomhnaill’s work is both clear and insightful. Her careful research provides a deeper understanding and appreciation of the rich world of Ní Dhomhnaill’s aesthetic vision. Ní Dhomhnaill’s unique development of the tradition of Irish language poetry and her creative assimilation of Irish oral culture have made her a major figure in contemporary poetry, and the first Irish language poet to gain an international following. Her work deserves more scholarly attention, and Of Mermaids and Others is a laudable first step in that direction.»(Adrienne Leavy, Reading Ireland Vol. 4 Issue 1 2018)

• Contents: Making Sense of Translated Lives: Linguistic and Critical Contexts – Earth Mothers, Teeth Mothers, Virgin Mothers: Ní Dhomhnaill and the Revising of the Maternal – Sexuality and the Myth of Sovereignty – Of Mermaids and Others: Death, Silence and the Unspeakable in Ní Dhomhnaill’s Folklore Poems.

Cary A. Shay holds degrees in Classical Studies, Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama and English Literature from universities in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom. She completed her PhD at the University of Kent. Her research interests include modern poetry, Anglo-Irish and Irish-language literature, psychoanalytic theory, and feminism and psychoanalysis.

«Throughout the book, Shay’s close reading of Ní Dhomhnaill’s work is both clear and insightful. Her careful research provides a deeper understanding and appreciation of the rich world of Ní Dhomhnaill’s aesthetic vision. Ní Dhomhnaill’s unique development of the tradition of Irish language poetry and her creative assimilation of Irish oral culture have made her a major figure in contemporary poetry, and the first Irish language poet to gain an international following. Her work deserves more scholarly attention, and Of Mermaids and Others is a laudable first step in that direction.»(Adrienne Leavy, Reading Ireland Vol. 4 Issue 1 2018)

• Contents: Making Sense of Translated Lives: Linguistic and Critical Contexts – Earth Mothers, Teeth Mothers, Virgin Mothers: Ní Dhomhnaill and the Revising of the Maternal – Sexuality and the Myth of Sovereignty – Of Mermaids and Others: Death, Silence and the Unspeakable in Ní Dhomhnaill’s Folklore Poems.