Invites scholars to reappraise the ways in which the dynamics of the contemporary Irish poetic scene have often been read
Places close readings of key poems within the broader context of the poets' careers

Draws attention to lesser-known creative engagements with Greek and Latin literatures in its study of Eavan Boland and Derek Mahon

Autorentext

Florence Impens is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. She has previously lived, studied, and worked in France, Ireland, and the United States. Her research interests include Irish Studies, contemporary poetry in English, and reception studies.

Inhalt

1. A Brief Introduction: Rationale and Objectives.- 2. The Classics in Modern Irish Poetry.- 3. Seamus Heaney: 'Lethe in Moyola'.- 4. Michael Longley: The 'Lapsed Classicist'.- 5. Derek Mahon and Eavan Boland: Marginal Perspectives.- 6. A Classical 'Revival'?.- Further Reading.