Women Creating Women: Contemporary Irish Women Poets

This is a pioneering exploration of contemporary Irish women poets that should provide a frame of reference for all future discussion of this topic. Drawing on a wide reading of the poets' works and extensive personal interviews with them, the author demonstrates the emergence of a more self-conscious and self-confident female poet who is ready to rewrite the story of Irish women and redefine and explore female identity and the image of women in Irish history, culture, and literature.