ISBN: PB: 9781857549645

Carcanet

September 2007

284 pp.

21,6x13,5 cm

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Eavan Boland Sourcebook

Poetry, Prose, Interviews, Reviews and Criticism

"The Eavan Boland Sourcebook" is an essential companion to the poetry, prose and critical writing of this acclaimed poet. Jody Allen Randolph has been a teacher and interpreter of Boland's work for many years and gathers here a rich collection of literary and critical texts, illuminating the poet's achievements for students and general readers alike. The Sourcebook includes:
- a biographical introduction and chronology
- introductory surveys of each aspect of Boland's work
- a representative selection of Boland's poetry and prose writings
- interviews from 1987 to 2006
- reviews and critical discussions of each of Boland's books
- photographs
- a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources

About the author

Born in Dublin in 1944, Eavan Boland studied in Ireland, London and New York. Her first book was published in 1967. She has taught at Trinity College, University College and Bowdoin College Dublin, and at the University of Iowa. She is currently Mabury Knapp Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, California. A pioneering figure in Irish poetry, Boland's previous works include "The Journey and other poems" (1987), "Night Feed" (1994), "The Lost Land" (1998) and "Code" (2001). Her poems and essays have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Kenyon Review and American Poetry Review. She is a regular reviewer for the Irish Times. She divides her time between California and Dublin where she lives with her husband, the novelist Kevin Casey.

Reviews

"Eavan Boland's work continues to deepen in both humanity and complexity...her highly articulated ars poetica has already remapped the territory of contemporary poetry" – Fiona Sampson, Irish Times

"Boland is one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half-century" – Elaine Feinstein, Poetry Review