| Of Mermaids and Others: An Introduction to the Poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Contributor(s): Ayers, David (Other), Herd, David (Other), Montefiore, Jan (Other) |
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ISBN: 3034308108 ISBN-13: 9783034308106 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $108.21 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 891.62 |
| Series: Modern Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (1.20 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is a critical introduction to the poetry of Irish writer Nuala N Dhomhnaill. Writing poetry exclusively in Irish but allowing and overseeing translations of her work into several languages, primarily English, N Dhomhnaill is the first Irish-language poet to gain an international following. She is also a pioneer in fostering a renewed relationship between the two languages of Ireland's literary traditions. N Dhomhnaill is unflinching in her interventions into problematic social, linguistic and even theoretical arenas, and is well known for her brutal parodies, ribald sexual scenarios and persistent debunking and revising of religious, political and mythological imagery. Her primary thematic concerns demonstrate her dedication to critiquing and ultimately changing dominant discourses so that they account for the presence and contributions of women writers. This volume explores the fraught issues of translating and contextualizing N Dhomhnaill's oeuvre, her use and revisions of Irish myth, folklore and political and religious iconography, her re-imagining of the mother in culture and religious ideology, and the devices of death, silence and psychoanalytic discourse in her mermaid cycle and other poems. The book hails N Dhomhnaill, who has not hitherto received a great deal of critical attention in English, as a major figure in world literature. |