LEADER 05471nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910958330003321 005 20250626213239.0 010 $a9780826272690 010 $a082627269X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000161615 035 $a(OCoLC)781861515 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10547390 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000655045 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11401567 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655045 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593370 035 $a(PQKB)10667987 035 $a(OCoLC)868218110 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26888 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440764 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10547390 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440764 035 $a(Perlego)1693905 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000161615 100 $a20110402d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary Irish poetry and the pastoral tradition /$fDonna L. Potts 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia [Mo.] ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780826219435 311 08$a0826219438 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA lost pastoral rhythm : the poetry of John Montague -- "The god in the tree" : Seamus Heaney and the pastoral tradition -- "Love poems, elegies: I am losing my place" : Michael Longley's environmental elegies -- Learning the lingua franca of a lost land : Eavan Boland's suburban pastoral -- "In my handkerchief of a garden" : Medbh McGuckian's miniature pastoral retreats -- "When Ireland was still under a spell" : miraculous transformations in the poetry of Nuala Ni? Dhomhnaill -- Conclusion: The future of pastoral. 330 8 $aIn Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Pastoral Tradition, Donna L. Potts closely examines the pastoral genre in the work of six Irish poets writing today. Through the exploration of the poets and their works, she reveals the wide range of purposes that pastoral has served in both Northern Ireland and the Republic: a postcolonial critique of British imperialism; a response to modernity, industrialization, and globalization; a way of uncovering political and social repercussions of gendered representations of Ireland; and, more recently, a means for conveying environmentalism's more complex understanding of the value of nature. Potts traces the pastoral back to its origins in the work of Theocritus of Syracuse in the third century and plots its evolution due to cultural changes. While all pastoral poems share certain generic traits, Potts makes clear that pastorals are shaped by social and historical contexts, and Irish pastorals in particular were influenced by Ireland's unique relationship with the land, language, and industrialization due to England's colonization. For her discussion, Potts has chosen six poets who have written significant collections of pastoral poetry and whose work is in dialogue with both the pastoral tradition and other contemporary pastoral poets. Three poets are men-John Montague, Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley-while three are women-Eavan Boland, Medbh McGuckian, Nuala Ni? Dhomhnaill. Five are English-language authors, while the sixth-Ni? Dhomhnaill-writes in Irish. Additionally, some of the poets hail from the Republic, while others originate from Northern Ireland. Potts contends that while both Irish Republic and Northern Irish poets respond to a shared history of British colonization in their pastorals, the 1921 partition of the country caused the pastoral tradition to evolve differently on either side of the border, primarily because of the North's more rapid industrialization; its more heavily Protestant population, whose response to environmentalism was somewhat different than that of the Republic's predominantly Catholic population; as well the greater impact of the world wars and the Irish Troubles. In an important distinction from other studies of Irish poetry, Potts moves beyond the influence of history and politics on contemporary Irish pastoral poetry to consider the relatively recent influence of ecology. Contemporary Irish poets often rely on the motif of the pastoral retreat to highlight various environmental threats to those retreats-whether they be high-rises, motorways, global warming, or acid rain. Potts concludes by speculating on the future of pastoral in contemporary Irish poetry through her examination of more recent poets-including Moya Cannon and Paula Meehan-as well as other genres such as film, drama, and fiction.     606 $aEnglish poetry$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIrish poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPastoral poetry, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIrish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPastoral poetry, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a821.9209 700 $aPotts$b Donna L.$f1962-$01803356 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958330003321 996 $aContemporary Irish poetry and the pastoral tradition$94350190 997 $aUNINA