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A Woman without a Country
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
A Woman without a Country
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Eavan Boland
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:80 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781847772176
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Classifications | Dewey:821.914 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Carcanet Press Ltd
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Imprint |
Carcanet Press Ltd
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Publication Date |
25 September 2014 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The poems in Eavan Boland's new collection seek out the delicate intersections between generation, identity, and the deep losses inflicted by history on those who can bear them least. Exploring questions of inheritance (from mother to daughter, from generation to generation), the poems look closely at the ways in which we construct one another, and the ways in which - even without country, or settled identity - a legacy of connection and consolation can endure.
Author Biography
Born in Dublin in 1944, Eavan Boland studied in Ireland, London and New York. Her first book was published in 1967. She has taught at Trinity College, University College and Bowdoin College Dublin, and at the University of Iowa. She is currently Mabury Knapp Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, California. A pioneering figure in Irish poetry, Boland's previous works include The Journey and other poems (1987), Night Feed (1994), The Lost Land (1998) and Code (2001). Her poems and essays have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Kenyon Review and American Poetry Review. She is a regular reviewer for the Irish Times. She divides her time between California and Dublin where she lives with her husband, the novelist Kevin Casey.
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