English Language Poets in University College Cork, 19701980 [Hardcover]

This book looks at a cohort of poets who studied at University College Cork during the 1970s and early 1980s. Based on extensive interviews and archival work, the book examines the notion that the poets form a generation in sociological terms. It proposes an analysis of the work of the poets, studying the thematics and preoccupations that shape their oeuvre. Among the poets that figure in the book are Greg Delanty, Theo Dorgan, Se?n Dunne, Gerry Murphy, Thomas McCarthy, Gregory ODonoghue, and Maurice Riordan. The volume is prefaced by Eil?an N? Chuillean?in.Cl?ona N? R?ord?in is Professor of English at  Universit? Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, France, where she teaches Irish literature and translation studies and directs the research group, ERIN (EA PRISMES 4398). Her recent publications include the anthology Jeune Po?sie dIrlande (2015),  with Paul Bensimon, and Memoranda to MacNeice (2019) with Anne Goarzin. This book looks at a cohort of poets who studied at University College Cork during the 1970s and early 1980s. Based on extensive interviews and archival work, the book examines the notion that the poets form a generation in sociological terms. It proposes an analysis of the work of the poets, studying the thematics and preoccupations that shape their oeuvre. Among the poets that figure in the book are Greg Delanty, Theo Dorgan, Se?n Dunne, Gerry Murphy, Thomas McCarthy, Gregory ODonoghue, and Maurice Riordan. The volume is prefaced by Eil?an N? Chuillean?in.Features a preface by Eil?an N? Chuillean?in, the current Ireland Professor of Poetry Includes excerpts from interviews with the poets as well as archival materials Represents the ls.