Women, poetry and the voice of a nation /
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 fough...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | 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 marginalized 'poetess' of the 1970s to laureate at the heart of cultural establishment in the 21st century. It looks at how they revitalized 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1474489842 9781474489843 |