Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970 edited by Dr Lucy Collins
Copyright Date: 2012
Published by: Liverpool University Press
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Citation: Collins, Lucy, editor. Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970. Liverpool University Press, 2012. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.
Collins, Lucy, editor. “Front Matter.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. i-vi. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.1.
Collins, Lucy, editor. “Table of Contents.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. vii-xv. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.2.
Collins, Lucy, editor. “Acknowledgements.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. xvi-xvi. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.3.
Collins, Lucy, editor. “Permissions.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. xvii-xviii. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.4.
INTRODUCTION ‘Slow Tide on Tide of History’: Poetry by Women in Ireland, 1870–1970 (pp. 1-53)
The period between 1870 and 1970 was a time of extraordinary political and cultural change in Ireland. During these years, national and gendered identity were transformed in ways that were both particular to Ireland and part of the larger tendencies of social and creative modernisation. In keeping with this change, women’s attitudes towards their place in society and their artistic representation altered in significant ways. The politics of representation for the woman reader and the woman writer became of central importance. Cultural change could be traced in literary developments; during this time poetic modes broadened from the traditional to include...
Collins, Lucy, editor. “INTRODUCTION: ‘Slow Tide on Tide of History’: Poetry by Women in Ireland, 1870–1970.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. 1–53. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.5.
Collins, Lucy, editor. “A Note on the Text.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. 54–56. JSTOR, Collins, Lucy, editor. “A Note on the Text.” Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2012, pp. 54–56. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq.6.
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This unique anthology of poetry written by women in Ireland 1870-1970 includes more than one hundred and eighty poems by fifteen women of diverse backgrounds, experiences and creative aims. Challenging the assumption that little poetry of note was written by women during the period, this rich and original collection reveals the range of their achievement and the lasting value of their work. Some of these women were prolific writers in many genres, others wrote poetry for a brief period only: all produced imaginative and memorable work that sheds new light both on the lives of women and on the development of poetry in Ireland from the late nineteenth century onward. The poetry in this anthology reflects the political and social crosscurrents of the time—the divided loyalties, spiritual questioning and intellectual curiosity that shaped these women’s lives. There are personal concerns too, and a desire to combine the expression of feeling with attention to the craft of poetry itself. Some of these voices will already be known to readers: poets such as Katharine Tynan and Eva Gore-Booth were widely published during their lifetimes and have been regularly anthologised in the years since. Others will be discovered here for the first time, offering fresh insights into the inventive and forward-looking work of these women. From the nationalist ballads of Elizabeth Varian to the modernist lyrics of Sheila Wingfield, these poems show the range and accomplishment of poetry written by women in Ireland between 1870 and 1970,
introduction
A Note on the Texts
Elizabeth Varian (b.1821, wrote 1851–1896)
Emily Hickey (b.1845, wrote 1881–1924)
Katharine Tynan (b.1858, wrote 1885–1931)
Dora Sigerson Shorter (b.1866, wrote 1893–1918)
Eva Gore-Booth (b.1870, wrote 1898–1926)
Emily Lawless (b.1845, wrote 1902–1913)
Susan L. Mitchell (b.1866, wrote 1906–1926)
Alice Milligan (b. 1866, wrote 1908–1953)
Winifred M. Letts (b.1881, wrote 1913–1972)
Eileen Shanahan (b.1901, wrote [1921]–1979)
Mary Devenport O’Neill (b.1879, wrote 1929–1967)
Blanaid Salkeld (b.1880, wrote 1933–1959)
Sheila Wingfield (b.1906, wrote 1938–1992)
Freda Laughton (b.1907, wrote1945–?)
Rhoda Coghill (b.1903, wrote 1948–2000)
Appendix 1: Women Poets 1870–1970
Appendix 2: Chronology
Bibliography
Index
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Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970 edited by Dr Lucy Collins
Poetry by Women in Ireland: A Critical Anthology 1870–1970 edited by Dr Lucy Collins
Copyright Date: 2012
Published by: Liverpool University Press
JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gn6dkq
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