Poetic Industry: The Modernity of the Rhyming Weavers

The so-called “Rhyming Weavers” were artisan poets, mainly writing in the 18th and 19th centuries. John Hewitt’s Rhyming Weavers & Other Country Poets of Antrim and Down (1974) has played a crucial role in defining this group of writers, both in terms of who they were – Ulster-Scots poets of a p...

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Main Author: Charles I. Armstrong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies 2018-03-01
Series:Review of Irish Studies in Europe
Online Access:http://risejournal.eu/index.php/rise/article/view/1717/1345