Medbh McGuckian - (Contemporary Irish Writers) by Borbála Faragó (Paperback)

About the Book

Medbh McGuckian offers an original and wide-ranging analysis of one of the most daring and important poetic voices in contemporary Ireland. It considers the entire corpus of McGuckian's published work, investigating previously neglected themes, in particular the exploration of creativity and performativity, while also emphasizing the thematic unity of individual volumes in the light of the poet's constant change and development.

Book Synopsis

This wide-ranging study of one of the most innovative, daring, and important poetic voices in contemporary Ireland analyzes Mebdh McGuckian's entire corpus, offering both an original contribution to the field of contemporary Irish literary studies and a readable synthesis of existing criticism that will be useful to academics and students. Thematically and methodologically unique, the book examines previously neglected subjects in McGuckian's work, in particular the poet's exploration of creativity and performativity, while also emphasizing the cohesiveness of individual volumes in light of the poet's constant change and development. This critical investigation allows readers a deeper understanding of McGuckian's topical preoccupations and the evolution of her distinctive poetic voice.

Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Review Quotes

"[A] thorough introduction to and detailed readings of poems, collections, an overview of the poetic career, and an extensive bibliography which will orient the uninitiated McGuckian reader very well indeed."
--Irish Studies Review

"Essential to any postgraduate student or literary critic that is engaged with Irish and Northern Irish poetry, Medbh McGuckian is a book that offers a thorough panorama of McGuckianʼs oeuvre."--Estudios Irlandeses

About the Author

BORBÁLA FARAGÓ is a lecturer at Central European University in Vienna, Austria, and coeditor of five volumes, most recently Times of Mobility: Transnational Literature and Gender in Translation.