Postcolonial Overtures: The Politics of Sound in Contemporary Northern Irish Poetry

by Julia C. Obert

Postcolonial Overtures explores the importance of sound in contemporary Northern Irish writing, focusing on the work of three canonical poets: Ciaran Carson, Derek Mahon, and Paul Muldoon. Obert argues that these poets respond to what Edward Said calls "geographical violence"--to the stratification of the North's visual spaces; to the sectarian symbols splashed across Belfast and beyond--by turning from the eye to the ear, tentatively remapping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815634005
• ISBN13: 9780815634003
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"