Counterpoetics of Modernity

Provides a new approach to contemporary Irish poetry Offers a fresh approach to Irish poetry, bringing together well-known poets with new and exciting innovative workCombines illuminating close readings of poetry with reflections grounded in critical and aesthetic theoryIntroduces a number of contemporary Irish poets whose work has not received sufficient critical attentionPuts Irish poetry in dialogue with major debates and concerns of European and American poeticsChallenges conventional assump