The Body And Desire in Contemporary Irish Poetry

Scholars of Irish literature, all but one from elsewhere, address the inter-related concepts in contemporary Irish poetry, and examine how both the public and the private body are metaphorically represented. Their goal is to show that conventional representations can be re-written, and to argue that the body can be portrayed as an agent of political, social, and spiritual empowerment. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)