Writing Bonds
Irish and Galician Contemporary Women Poets
Manuela Palacios editor Laura Lojo-Rodríguez editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Verlag Peter Lang
Published:4th May '09
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This book focuses on the emergence of women poets from the 1980s to the present in both Ireland and Galicia. Departing from common ground in shared myths and comparable political and social circumstances, each contributor to this volume looks into central aspects of Irish and Galician identity issues, which range from configurations of the nation, nature and feminine paradigms, to the poets’ elaborations on their own literary practice. The comparative approach followed shows both that questions raised in one community can find relevant answers in the other and that reciprocal knowledge helps to disseminate the writers’ work – and the criticism of it – beyond their respective national borders. This collection of essays and interviews also provides both poets and critics with a mutual space in which to voice their concerns, thus bringing down the barrier that is often raised artificially between these two literary activities.
«[The] introduction to (this) volume, for instance, 'Poetry, Gender and Transnational Bonds' should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in the subject matter because of the unique combination of historical events that connect both peoples and the survey of thematic similarities and social conditions that bond together Galician and Irish women poets: politics, religion, language and land. (...) The joining together of critical perspectives and personal insights make this collection a highly recommended book for scholars and students of Irish and Galician literature alike.» (José Francisco Fernández, Estudios Irlandeses)
«This volume, a much-needed addition to the field of Irish and Galician Studies, is also a pleasant and illuminating read. The editors are worthy of praise for their incisive and thought-provoking renewal of the writing bonds between contemporary women poets who are entwined, rather than separated, by the Atlantic.» (Vanessa Silva Fernández, Galicia 21)
ISBN: 9783039118342
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 340g
232 pages
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