Sympathetic Ink: Intertextual Relations in Northern Irish Poetry

Abstract

Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I 1. 'As If He's Swallowed a Dictionary': The Oblique Poetry of Paul Muldoon 2. Medbh McGuckian: A Threader of Double-Stranded Words Part II 3. 'Something A Little Nearer Home': The Intersection of Art and Politics 4. Writing in the Shit: The Northern Irish Poet and Authority 5. 'The Eye That Scanned It': The Art of Looking in Northern Irish Poetry 6. 'Roaming Root of Multiple Meanings': Irish Language and Identity Conclusion Select Bibliography Index