Improprieties

This is an innovative and accessible study of contemporary Northern Irish poetry in the light of current debates about post-modernism, poetry and politics, and the figure of woman in Irish political discourse. Close readings of the work of Tom Paulin, Medbh McGuckian, and Paul Muldoon focus on the `improper' elements of the poetry: the refusal of a sense of home, the disruption of `traditional' poetic form, and the sexual narratives told.