Irish University Review Special Issue – serie

Irish Experimental Poetry showcases a distinctive and vital body of poetry produced in contemporary Ireland which is modernist and innovative in style, and internationalist in outlook. The volume contains original poems by Maurice Scully, Trevor Joyce, Catherine Walsh, Billy Mills, Fergal Gaynor, and Sarah Hayden, and twelve new essays which explore and elucidate this hidden history of experimental poetry in Ireland.

A Special Issue that focuses on the ways that memory moves transculturally and transhistorically, and how it moves us, emotionally and politically.This Special Issue of Irish University Review considers the themes and forms of remembrance in Irish culture from the seventeenth century to the present moment, from oral depositions to video games, including the perspectives of academic critics and culture makers. These essays and responses consider the ways that memory moves transculturally and transhistorically, and how it moves us, emotionally and politically.Key FeaturesRe-ignites ongoing discussions about the different forms of memory in Irish culture.Offers a vast range of articles that discuss issues such as LGBT testimonies, famine, post-conflict Northern Ireland, hunger strikes and migration.Examines a wide range of subjects within the formats of fiction, poetry, videogames and television.