Mothers of Ireland : poems /
"Violent historical and cultural forces shaped the lives of Julie Kane's Irish and Irish-American women ancestors: famine, genocide, warfare, poverty, emigration, repressive religion, ethnic prejudice, and alcoholism. In Mothers of Ireland, her new collection of poems, Kane explores how th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Southern messenger poets.
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| Summary: | "Violent historical and cultural forces shaped the lives of Julie Kane's Irish and Irish-American women ancestors: famine, genocide, warfare, poverty, emigration, repressive religion, ethnic prejudice, and alcoholism. In Mothers of Ireland, her new collection of poems, Kane explores how the legacy of personal trauma gets passed down to subsequent generations, with a focus on mothers and daughters and their histories of pain and endurance. Even at their very darkest, however, these haunting poems flash with resilient Irish wit"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 56 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780807170755 0807170755 |