In Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966 2010, Eric Falci reshapes the story of Irish poetry since the 1960s. He shows how polemical arguments concerning the role of poetry in 1960s Ireland evolve into a set of formal and compositional strategies for emerging Irish poets in the mid-1970s and beyond. His study presents a cohesive picture of the relationship between Northern Irish poetry from the Republic of Ireland since World War II and traces the lineage of lyric practice from a unique historical perspective. At the same time, it recontextualizes late twentieth-century Irish poetry...
In Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966 2010, Eric Falci reshapes the story of Irish poetry since the 1960s. He shows how polemical arguments c...