The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry - Hardcover

De Angelis, Irene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230248950 ISBN 13: 9780230248953

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry provides a stimulating, original and lively analysis of the Irish-Japanese literary connection from the early 1960s to 2006. While for some this may partly remain Oscar Wilde's 'mode of style', this book will show that there is more of Japan in the work of contemporary Irish poets than 'a tinkling of china/ and tea into china.' Drawing on unpublished new sources, Irene De Angelis includes poets from a broad range of cultural backgrounds with richly varied styles: Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon, together with younger poets such as Sinéad Morrissey and Joseph Woods. Including close readings of selected poems, this is an indispensable companion for all those interested in the broader historical and cultural research on the effect of oriental literature in modernist and postmodernist Irish poetry.

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Review:

'De Angelis examines moments of illumination and influence in contemporary Irish poetry, exploring their Japanese sources, which stem either directly from Japanese forms and culture or from western Orientalist streams. Her acumen is evident on every page, as is her grace of style and range of reference—from the oeuvres of Irish poets (Seamus Heaney to Sinéad Morrissey) to their archival sources to international poetry criticism. The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry evolves a discussion of influence between these two island cultures into an understanding of a poetic effect where haiku and Irish lyrics speak, Tokyo and Belfast overlap, and Hiroshima stains all history.'
- Joseph Lennon, author of Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History and Director of Irish Studies at Villanova University, USA

Book Description:

The Japanese Effect in Contemporary Irish Poetry explores the post-Yeatsian legacy of the Irish-Japanese connection through an analysis of work by 12 poets from the early 1960s to 2006

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230248950
• ISBN 13: 9780230248953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 209