Books by Lucy Collins
This study examines the intersection of private and public spheres through the representation of ... more This study examines the intersection of private and public spheres through the representation of memory in contemporary poetry by Irish women. Collins explores how memory shapes creativity in the work of well-known poets such as Eavan Boland, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Medbh McGuckian as well as in that of an exciting group of younger poets. This book analyses, for the first time, the complex responses to the past recorded by contemporary women poets in Ireland and the implications these have for the concept of a national tradition.
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This annotated anthology of poems makes available a rich variety of Irish texts depicting the rel... more This annotated anthology of poems makes available a rich variety of Irish texts depicting the relationship between humans and the environment between the years 1580 and 1820. More than a hundred poems are printed here, together with an extensive critical introduction, notes on each text, and a full bibliography. All the poets whose work is represented were born in Ireland or are identified as Irish.
As well as re-publishing the work of major poets such as Oliver Goldsmith, Laurence Whyte and William Drummond, this anthology includes many works by little known or anonymous authors. This volume also reflects current scholarship on the relationship between literature and the environment, enriching our understanding of attitudes in pre-Romantic Ireland towards changing landscapes and agricultural practices, towards human responsibility for the non-human world, and towards the relationship between nature and aesthetics. As well as adding considerably to existing knowledge of the printing and reading of poetry in Ireland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this anthology also traces the developments in sensibility in Irish poetry during this period, offering new perspectives on the advent of Romanticism in England and on the ways in which this revolutionised the relationship between nature and representation. The anthology fulfils the dual purpose of making a significant contribution to the study of literature and the environment, and of expanding our understanding of Irish writing during the period.
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This unique anthology of poetry written by women in Ireland 1870-1970 includes more than one hund... more This unique anthology of poetry written by women in Ireland 1870-1970 includes more than one hundred and eighty poems by fifteen women of diverse backgrounds, experiences and creative aims. Challenging the assumption that little poetry of note was written by women during the period, this rich and original collection reveals the range of their achievement and the lasting value of their work. Some of these women were prolific writers in many genres, others wrote poetry for a brief period only: all produced imaginative and memorable work that sheds new light both on the lives of women and on the development of poetry in Ireland from the late nineteenth century onward. The poetry in this anthology reflects the political and social crosscurrents of the time—the divided loyalties, spiritual questioning and intellectual curiosity that shaped these women’s lives. There are personal concerns too, and a desire to combine the expression of feeling with attention to the craft of poetry itself. Some of these voices will already be known to readers: poets such as Katharine Tynan and Eva Gore-Booth were widely published during their lifetimes and have been regularly anthologised in the years since. Others will be discovered here for the first time, offering fresh insights into the inventive and forward-looking work of these women. From the nationalist ballads of Elizabeth Varian to the modernist lyrics of Sheila Wingfield, these poems show the range and accomplishment of poetry written by women in Ireland between 1870 and 1970.
Introduction
A Note on the Texts
Elizabeth Varian (b.1821, wrote 1851–1896)
Emily Hickey (b.1845, wrote 1881–1924)
Katharine Tynan (b.1858, wrote 1885–1931)
Dora Sigerson Shorter (b.1866, wrote 1893–1918)
Eva Gore-Booth (b.1870, wrote 1898–1926)
Emily Lawless (b.1845, wrote 1902–1913)
Susan L. Mitchell (b.1866, wrote 1906–1926)
Alice Milligan (b. 1866, wrote 1908–1953)
Winifred M. Letts (b.1881, wrote 1913–1972)
Eileen Shanahan (b.1901, wrote [1921]–1979)
Mary Devenport O’Neill (b.1879, wrote 1929–1967)
Blanaid Salkeld (b.1880, wrote 1933–1959)
Sheila Wingfield (b.1906, wrote 1938–1992)
Freda Laughton (b.1907, wrote1945–?)
Rhoda Coghill (b.1903, wrote 1948–2000)
Appendix 1: Women Poets 1870–1970
Appendix 2: Chronology
Bibliography
Index
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A fascinating portrait of Sheila Wingfield, the English-born neglected poet and memorist whose co... more A fascinating portrait of Sheila Wingfield, the English-born neglected poet and memorist whose colourful and complicated life brought her into contact with some of the major literary figures of early twentieth-century Ireland. This selection of her poems represents the memorable achievement of her early creative phase, as well as revealing the increasing breadth of Wingfield's imaginative reach and her willingness to experiment with poetic form. The introductory essay highlights the significant contribution she made to the history of 20th century poetry.
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This critical work considers the role played by elements that might be considered aberrational in... more This critical work considers the role played by elements that might be considered aberrational in a poet's oeuvre. With an introductory essay exploring the nature of aberration, these fourteen contributions investigate the work of major 20th-century poets from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Aberration is considered from the standpoint of both the artist and the audience, prompting discussion on a range of important issues, including the formation of the canon. Each essay discusses the status of the aberrant work and the ways in which it challenges, enlarges or supports the overall perception of the poet.
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Journal Articles by Lucy Collins
RISE: Review of Irish Studies in Europe, 2018
Clothing occupies a dynamic and varied role in poetry written in English from eighteenth-century ... more Clothing occupies a dynamic and varied role in poetry written in English from eighteenth-century Ireland, adding realistic detail and symbolic significance to many forms of verse representation. In this essay I examine the implications of this representation for our understanding of the interwoven character of individual subjectivity and commodity culture. Sartorial choices offer important insights into personal and political relationships, into the status of the wearer, and his or her individual or group identity. Clothing shapes domestic and personal transactions, where relationships-especially sexual relationships-are negotiated through processes of observation, praise and gifting. As well as its practical purposes, dress offers symbolic readings, and is linked to issues of representation itself: to the process of self-fashioning in times of social change, and to the relationship between appearance and reality. It is also, in this period, fundamental to the process of gender and national representation, and to our understanding of Ireland's economic place in the early modern world.
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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings , 2017
Ecological crisis challenges the regenerative capacity of nature, revealing all life to exist in ... more Ecological crisis challenges the regenerative capacity of nature, revealing all life to exist in anticipation of death. In the face of this realisation, the human subject enters a melancholic state, which, in turn, permits deeper insight into the fate of the more-than-human world. The rhetoric of loss, identified by Juliana Schiesari as a key to melancholy, can be traced throughout contemporary poetry, which offers a means to contemplate the temporal rupture of environmental destruction at the same time as it acknowledges the challenges to representation it brings. This essay will explore these dynamics in a range of poems by contemporary Irish and British women, revealing an encounter between the embodied self and nature that has profound effects on the construction of the poetic subject, and on traditional approaches to form.
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Green Letters 12 (Summer 2010): 15-26
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The publishing history of Notes from the Land of the Dead is a complex one, heralding a change in... more The publishing history of Notes from the Land of the Dead is a complex one, heralding a change in Kinsella's attitude towards textual revision and volume publication. This article explores the ways in which the evolution of key poems from this collection demonstrates altering aesthetic priorities, while at the same time calling attention to the issue of continuity in Kinsella's work as a whole. His committed engagement with difficult and increasingly irreconcilable ideas can be traced in his rethinking and repositioning of these poems.
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Book Chapters by Lucy Collins
Kathleen Jamie: Essays and Poems on Her Work, 2015
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Women Writing War: Ireland 1880-1922, 2016
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Space & Place in Post-war Poetry, 2013
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Irish Women’s Writing, eds Elke d’Hoker and Hedwig Schwall. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2010, pp. 41-56.
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Ireland: Revolution and Evolution, eds John Strachan and Alison O'Malley Younger. New York: Peter Lang, 2009
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Reading Pearse Hutchinson: From Findrum to Fisterra, eds Philip Coleman and Maria Johnston. Dublin: Four Courts, 2011, pp. 109-122.
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As well as re-publishing the work of major poets such as Oliver Goldsmith, Laurence Whyte and William Drummond, this anthology includes many works by little known or anonymous authors. This volume also reflects current scholarship on the relationship between literature and the environment, enriching our understanding of attitudes in pre-Romantic Ireland towards changing landscapes and agricultural practices, towards human responsibility for the non-human world, and towards the relationship between nature and aesthetics. As well as adding considerably to existing knowledge of the printing and reading of poetry in Ireland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this anthology also traces the developments in sensibility in Irish poetry during this period, offering new perspectives on the advent of Romanticism in England and on the ways in which this revolutionised the relationship between nature and representation. The anthology fulfils the dual purpose of making a significant contribution to the study of literature and the environment, and of expanding our understanding of Irish writing during the period.
Introduction
A Note on the Texts
Elizabeth Varian (b.1821, wrote 1851–1896)
Emily Hickey (b.1845, wrote 1881–1924)
Katharine Tynan (b.1858, wrote 1885–1931)
Dora Sigerson Shorter (b.1866, wrote 1893–1918)
Eva Gore-Booth (b.1870, wrote 1898–1926)
Emily Lawless (b.1845, wrote 1902–1913)
Susan L. Mitchell (b.1866, wrote 1906–1926)
Alice Milligan (b. 1866, wrote 1908–1953)
Winifred M. Letts (b.1881, wrote 1913–1972)
Eileen Shanahan (b.1901, wrote [1921]–1979)
Mary Devenport O’Neill (b.1879, wrote 1929–1967)
Blanaid Salkeld (b.1880, wrote 1933–1959)
Sheila Wingfield (b.1906, wrote 1938–1992)
Freda Laughton (b.1907, wrote1945–?)
Rhoda Coghill (b.1903, wrote 1948–2000)
Appendix 1: Women Poets 1870–1970
Appendix 2: Chronology
Bibliography
Index
Journal Articles by Lucy Collins
Book Chapters by Lucy Collins
Events by Lucy Collins
Book Reviews by Lucy Collins
Papers by Lucy Collins
As well as re-publishing the work of major poets such as Oliver Goldsmith, Laurence Whyte and William Drummond, this anthology includes many works by little known or anonymous authors. This volume also reflects current scholarship on the relationship between literature and the environment, enriching our understanding of attitudes in pre-Romantic Ireland towards changing landscapes and agricultural practices, towards human responsibility for the non-human world, and towards the relationship between nature and aesthetics. As well as adding considerably to existing knowledge of the printing and reading of poetry in Ireland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this anthology also traces the developments in sensibility in Irish poetry during this period, offering new perspectives on the advent of Romanticism in England and on the ways in which this revolutionised the relationship between nature and representation. The anthology fulfils the dual purpose of making a significant contribution to the study of literature and the environment, and of expanding our understanding of Irish writing during the period.
Introduction
A Note on the Texts
Elizabeth Varian (b.1821, wrote 1851–1896)
Emily Hickey (b.1845, wrote 1881–1924)
Katharine Tynan (b.1858, wrote 1885–1931)
Dora Sigerson Shorter (b.1866, wrote 1893–1918)
Eva Gore-Booth (b.1870, wrote 1898–1926)
Emily Lawless (b.1845, wrote 1902–1913)
Susan L. Mitchell (b.1866, wrote 1906–1926)
Alice Milligan (b. 1866, wrote 1908–1953)
Winifred M. Letts (b.1881, wrote 1913–1972)
Eileen Shanahan (b.1901, wrote [1921]–1979)
Mary Devenport O’Neill (b.1879, wrote 1929–1967)
Blanaid Salkeld (b.1880, wrote 1933–1959)
Sheila Wingfield (b.1906, wrote 1938–1992)
Freda Laughton (b.1907, wrote1945–?)
Rhoda Coghill (b.1903, wrote 1948–2000)
Appendix 1: Women Poets 1870–1970
Appendix 2: Chronology
Bibliography
Index