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Irish Neutrality: Louis MacNeice’s Poetic Politics at the Outset of “The Emergency”

Schultz, Matthew

ABEI Journal: The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies; v. 11 (2009): ABEI Journal 11; 165-179

Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas 2009-06-17

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  • Título:
    Irish Neutrality: Louis MacNeice’s Poetic Politics at the Outset of “The Emergency”
  • Autor: Schultz, Matthew
  • Assuntos: Ireland; Second World War; Louis Macneice’
  • É parte de: ABEI Journal: The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies; v. 11 (2009): ABEI Journal 11; 165-179
  • Descrição: This article builds upon previous scholarship attuned to Ireland’scomplex position as a neutral state during the Second World War (“TheEmergency”), and which points out Louis MacNeice’s hostility towards the Irish government’s official stance. It does so by looking at “The Closing Album” as a political lyric critiquing Irish neutrality’s isolation0ist and damaging effects and shows how the poem – in the act of critiquing neutrality – asserts the modern poet’s position as an emotionally invested political spokesman. I argue that the nation’s political goals were irreconcilable with postcolonial artistic aims: Irish writers were intent on constructing an image of Irishness that was not dictated by British coloring and was exportable through the medium of their art, while the government aimed at becoming a self-sufficient,sovereign nation. This split between politician and artist during The Emergency ushers in a modern Irish poetry that is at once political and aesthetic. 
  • Títulos relacionados: https://www.revistas.usp.br/abei/article/view/179454/166075
  • Editor: Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2009-06-17
  • Formato: Adobe PDF
  • Idioma: Inglês

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