Melancholy in Contemporary Irish Poetry: The ‘Metre Generation’ and Mahon
This article explores the influence of Derek Mahon’s melancholic poetry on a younger generation of Irish poets. Drawing on Peter Schwenger’s 'The Tears of Things: Melancholy and Physical Objects' (2006), it argues that Mahon’s influential early poems deliberately provoke melancholy in orde...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2017-01-01
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| Series: | C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings |
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| Online Access: | http://c21.openlibhums.org/articles/13 |