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Sympathetic Ink: Intertextual Relations in Northern Irish Poetry (Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 47) (Volume 47) - Hardcover
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Northern Irish poets have been accused of reticence in addressing political issues in their work. In Sympathetic Ink, Shane Alcobia-Murphy challenges this view through a consideration of the works of Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Medbh McGuckian. Making use of substantial collections of the poets' papers which have only recently become available, Alcobia-Murphy focuses on the oblique, subtle strategies employed by these poets to critique contemporary political issues. He employs the concept of sympathetic ink, or invisible ink, arguing that rather than avoiding politics, these poets have, via complex intertextual references and resonances, woven them deeply into the formal construction of their works. Acute and learned, Sympathetic Ink re-examines existing attitudes towards Northern Irish poetry as well as being the first critical work to address the poetry of Medbh McGuckian.
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Shane Alcobia-Murphy is a Lecturer in the School of Language & Literature, University of Aberdeen and Programme Co-ordinator for the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies. His previous publications include Governing the Tongue: Essays on Northern Irish Culture (Cambridge scholars Press, 2005).
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Readers and critics of Irish poetry have been looking forward to Shane Murphy's study of Northern Irish Poetry for some time...They will not be disappointed by this meticulously argued, fastidiously researched and documented study of the intertextual engagements of Paul Muldoon and Medbh McGuckian. -- Hugh Haughton
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- PublisherLiverpool University Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1846310326
- ISBN 13 9781846310324
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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ISBN 10: 1846310326
ISBN 13: 9781846310324
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 276 pages ; 25 cm. Summary:Northern Irish poets have been accused of reticence in addressing political issues in their work. In Sympathetic Ink, Shane Alcobia-Murphy challenges this view through a consideration of the works of Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Medbh McGuckian. Making use of substantial collections of the poets' papers which have only recently become available, Alcobia-Murphy focuses on the oblique, subtle strategies employed by these poets to critique contemporary political issues. He employs the concept of sympathetic ink, or invisible ink, arguing that rather than avoiding politics, these poets have, via complex intertextual references and resonances, woven them deeply into the formal construction of their works. Acute and learned, Sympathetic Ink re-examines existing attitudes towards Northern Irish poetry as well as being the first critical work to address the poetry of Medbh McGuckian. -- Publisher description. CONTENTS: "As if he's swallowed a dictionary" : the oblique poetry of Paul Muldoon Medbh McGuckian : a threader of double-stranded words "Something a little nearer home" : the intersection of art and politics Writing in the shit : the Northern Irish poet and authority "The eye that scanned it" : the art of looking in Northern Irish poetry "Roaming root of multiple meanings" : Irish language and identity. Seller Inventory # 3soas4to746
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