Women, poetry and the voice of a nation /
Varty, Anne,
Women, poetry and the voice of a nation / Anne Varty. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (242 pages).
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.
9781399513487 No price
Women poets, English.
Women poets, Welsh.
Women poets, Scottish.
Women poets, Irish.
Poets laureate--Great Britain.
Poets laureate--Ireland.
Women and literature--History.--Great Britain
Women and literature--History.--Ireland
Nationalism and literature--Great Britain.
Nationalism and literature--Ireland.
821.9109287
Women, poetry and the voice of a nation / Anne Varty. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (242 pages).
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.
9781399513487 No price
Women poets, English.
Women poets, Welsh.
Women poets, Scottish.
Women poets, Irish.
Poets laureate--Great Britain.
Poets laureate--Ireland.
Women and literature--History.--Great Britain
Women and literature--History.--Ireland
Nationalism and literature--Great Britain.
Nationalism and literature--Ireland.
821.9109287