Northern Irish Poetry: The American ConnectionThrough discussion of the ways in which major Northern Irish poets (such as John Hewitt, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Louis MacNeice and Derek Mahon) have been influenced by America, this study shows how Northern Irish poetry overspills national borders, complicating and enriching itself through cross-cultural interaction and hybridity. |
Contents
Circling to Return | |
the Appetites of Gravity | |
Resident Alien | |
Expatriate Transnationalism | |
Indigenous Transnationalism | |
a Widening Circle | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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