Irish Poetry - Literary Criticism, General & Miscellaneous Irish Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism

Paul Muldoon

Name: Paul Muldoon
Author: Clair Wills
ISBN: 9781852243487

by Clair Wills

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Overview

In this book, Clair Wills takes the measure of Paul Muldoon's poetic gifts. She offers close readings of many of the major poems, while also assessing the general features of his unmistakable style, and his relation to significant predecessors such as Robert Frost and Seamus Heaney. Her book also highlights the major themes in Muldoon's poetry, such as autobiography and the question of origins, sexuality, Irish myth and legend, history and political violence in Northern Ireland, and the dynamics of cross-cultural encounters.