History of Irish Women's Poetry

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 Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Eavan Boland, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, as well ...