Irish Poetry Under the Union, 1801-1924

by Matthew Campbell

Book Overview

This book retells the story of Irish poetry written in English between the union of Britain and Ireland in 1801 and the early years of the Irish Free State. Through careful poetic and historical analysis, Matthew Campbell offers ways to read that poetry as ruptured, musical, translated and new. The book starts with the Romantic songs and parodies of nationalist and unionist writers - Moore, Mahony, Ferguson and Mangan - in times of defeat, resurgence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107622840
• ISBN13: 9781107622845
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"