Women, Poetry and the Voice of a Nation
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:17th Jul '23
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The concurrent tenures of Gillian Clarke as National Poet of Wales, Carol Ann Duffy as UK Poet Laureate, Liz Lochhead as Scots Makar, and Paula Meehan as Ireland Professor of Poetry, defied historic rifts between women, poetry and nation. This book explores the extraordinary changes these women fought to achieve as each made her way from marginalised ‘poetess’ of the 1970s to laureate at the heart of cultural establishment in the 21st century. It looks at how they revitalised these public offices, and explores their interventions in contemporary geopolitics and national self-understanding. It considers how they shaped their roles by engaging with poetic icons of the past, by linking poetry and education, and by joining poetry with politics.
The huge volume of research that has gone into crafting this text suggests its importance for multiple fields of study. There is a wealth of information available here for historians and sociologists as well as literary scholars. Women, Poetry and the Voice of a Nation will be widely read and consulted in years to come. -- Magdalena Kay, University of Victoria * Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature *
The huge volume of research that has gone into crafting this text suggests its importance for multiple fields of study. There is a wealth of information available here for historians and sociologists as well as literary scholars. Women, Poetry and the Voice of a Nation will be widely read and consulted in years to come. -- Magdalena Kay, University of Victoria * Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature *
At once tracing the poets’ careers and their self-inscription into exclusionary poetic traditions, Varty’s timely book examines their advances for literary and cultural democracies. It deftly details how, individually and collectively, these women reconfigure national identities while destabilising nationalisms, and how they infiltrate school curricula when sceptical of educational policies. -- Dr Jane Dowson, De Montfort University, author of Carol Ann Duffy: Poet for Our Times
ISBN: 9781474489850
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
248 pages