Northern Irish Poetry and the Russian Turn

Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian are the three most influential poets from Northern Ireland who have composed poems with a link to the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union. Through their references to Russia the three poets achieve a geographical and mental detachment allowing them to turn a fresh eye on the Northern Irish situation.

Autorentext
STEPHANIE SCHWERTER teaches translation studies and comparative literature at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and chairs the German-French translation programme at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'Homme in Paris, France. Before moving to France in 2008, she lived in Northern Ireland and worked at the University of Ulster and at Queen's University Belfast.

Inhalt
Introduction: 'And every evening surprised I was still alive I repeated verses' 'No Vodka, Aquavit or Uisquebaugh': The Russian-Irish Connection in the Work of Seamus Heaney 'Punching Holes in History': Tom Paulin's Interest in Russia The Russian Dimension in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian: 'My words are traps through which you pick your way' Conclusion Bibliography Index