A History of Irish Women's Poetry is a ground-breaking and comprehensive account of Irish women's poetry from earliest times to the present day. It reads Irish women's poetry through many prisms - mythology, gender, history, the nation - and most importantly, close readings of the poetry itself. It covers major figures, such as M ire Mhac an tSaoi, Eavan Boland, Eil an N Chuillean in, as well as neglected figures from the past. Writing in both English...