The Wrong Country - Gerald Dawe

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Résumé :
This engagingly personal chronicle by poet Gerald Dawe explores the lives and times of leading Irish writers, including W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Elizabeth Bowen, Patrick Kavanagh, James Plunkett, John McGahern, Stewart Parker and Leontia Flynn, alongside lesser-known names from the earlier decades of the twentieth century, such as Ethna Carberry, Alice Milligan, Joseph Campbell and George Reavey. The Wrong Country also portrays the changing cultural backgrounds of the author's contemporaries, such as Thomas Kilroy, Derek Mahon, Eavan Boland, Eil?an N? Chuillean?in, Colm T?ib?n, Hugo Hamilton, Sinead Morrissey and Michelle O'Sullivan.

Gerald Dawe presents an accessible and jargon-free view of modern Irish literature, filtered perceptively through his own, warmly personal, lens, and raises important questions about cultural belonging, the commercialisation of contemporary writing, and the influence of Irish literary culture in a digital age, to reposition our understanding of Irish writing in a wider context for today's readers.

Biographie:
Gerald Dawe is an Irish poet and Professor Emeritus and Fellow, Trinity College Dublin. He has published nine volumes of poetry including Lake Geneva (2003), Points West (2008), Selected Poems (2012)and Mickey Finn's Air (2014). He has also edited Earth Voices Whispering: Irish Poetry of War (2008) and the Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets (2018) and published several books of literary essays including Of War and War's Alarms (2015) and In Another World: Van Morrison and Belfast (2017). He lives in D?n Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Sommaire:

A personal journey through modern Irish literature, exploring cultural identity and historical context.

Gerald Dawe's The Wrong Country offers an accessible and engaging exploration of modern Irish literature through the lives and works of leading writers like W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, and Eavan Boland. Dawe delves into their cultural backgrounds, artistic visions, and the historical forces that shaped their writing. He also shines a light on lesser-known figures and contemporary voices, providing a fresh perspective on Irish literary traditions.

This collection raises important questions about cultural belonging, the impact of commercialization on contemporary writing, and the role of Irish literary culture in the digital age. The Wrong Country is for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Irish literature and its place in the world. Discover insightful analysis and personal reflections that reposition Irish writing for today's readers.