Cultural Translation and Postcolonial Poetry [Hardcover]

This book uses the framework of cultural translation to explore the work of six significant modern writers from Ireland, India, Australia and the Caribbean. Written in an accessible and approachable style, it will be of interest not only to specialists in postcolonial literatures, but also readers of modern and contemporary poetry more generally.Acknowledgements Cultural Translation Songlines: Judith Wright and Belonging Fusion and Translation: Les Murray's Australia Louis MacNeice, Ireland, India Seamus Heaney's Acoustics Indian Palimpsets: The Poetry of A.K. Ramanujan Fragmentation and Restoration in Derek Walcott's Omeros Conclusion Select Bibliography IndexASHOK BERY is a Senior Lecturer in English at London Metropolitan University, UK. He is the co-editor of Comparing Postcolonial Literatures (2000), and the author of numerous articles on postcolonial literatures.