Awake in America: On Irish American Poetry

by Daniel Tobin

Book Overview

As the first comprehensive study of Irish American poetry ever published, Awake in America seeks to establish a conversation between Irish and Irish American literature that challenges many of the long-accepted boundaries between the two. In this distinctive book, Daniel Tobin presents a series of essays that combine poetry and literary criticism to form what he calls the poet's essay.

The first section of Awake in America...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268042373
• ISBN13: 9780268042370
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"