Knowing One's Place in Contemporary Irish and Polish Poetry: Zagajewski, Mahon, Heaney, Hartwig

by Magdalena Kay

Book Overview

Are we allowed to choose where we belong? What pressures make us feel that we should belong somewhere? This book brings together four major poets-Heaney, Mahon, Zagajewski, and Hartwig-who ask themselves these questions throughout their lives. They start by assuming that we can choose not to belong, but know this is easier said than done. Something in them is awry, leading them to travel, emigrate, and return dissatisfied with all forms of belonging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441116427
• ISBN13: 9781441116420
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"