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Medbh McGuckian

在這個強有力的權威性研究中，喬迪·艾倫·蘭多夫對20世紀愛爾蘭文學和當代女性寫作中的重要人物作品進行了充分的描述。本書對Medbh McGuckian出版的全部作品進行了廣泛的分析。它的目標是以對學者和學生普遍有用的方式提供現有的批評並綜合可讀性，在新研究的基礎上為當代愛爾蘭文學研究領域提供獨創性貢獻。

這本書調查了以前被忽視的各種主題，特別是McGuckian在她的詩歌中探索創意和表演性的想法。在過去的二十年裡，麥戈吉安被同胞詩人和文學評論家認為是當代愛爾蘭最原始，最大膽和最重要的詩歌之一。自1982年以來，她出版了十五卷詩歌，不僅因其持續的質量、語言和技術精湛程度，而且因其不斷的演變和再創造而出眾。

本書從主題和方法兩個角度對她的作品提供了一個原始的視角。從主題的角度來看，藝術創作過程是麥格高詩歌的一個關鍵特徵，這種詩歌在她的作品每一卷中都有所體現，但之前卻沒有受到關注。通過對獨特性和創造性理論的調整和改進，本書可以對McGuckian工作的這個核心方面進行連貫的分析。從方法論上講，它與以前的研究在方法範圍上有所不同。獨一無二的是，它在詩人的出版產品整個範圍內進行調查，並且根據詩人的不斷變化和發展，強調個體的統一性。在整本書中，麥戈吉安作品的閱讀集中在詩歌的整體上，這種方法在詩人現有的二手文獻中沒有找到任何明顯的程度，尤其是因為她的寫作困難。然而，一個尊重個別詩歌完整性和她的各卷內在連貫性的批判性調查，可以更深刻地理解詩人的主題並關注她獨特的詩歌聲音演變。

In this powerful and authoritative study Jody Allen Randolph provides the fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing. This book offers a wide-ranging analysis of the entire corpus of Medbh McGuckian's published work. Its objective is to provide both a readable synthesis of existing criticism, in a fashion which will be generally useful to academics and students, and also to offer an original contribution to the field of contemporary Irish literary studies on the basis of new research.

The book investigates a variety of previously neglected themes, in particular McGuckian's exploration of ideas of creativity and performativity in her poetry. Over the past two decades McGuckian has been recognized by both her fellow poets and by literary critics as one of the most original, daring and important poetic voices in contemporary Ireland. Since 1982 she has published fifteen volumes of poetry, extraordinary not merely for its sustained quality and linguistic and technical virtuosity, but also for its constant evolution and reinvention.

This book provides an original perspective on her work both thematically and methodologically. From a thematic perspective, the process of artistic creation is a key preoccupation of McGuckian's poetry which recurs in every volume of her oeuvre but has previously escaped critical attention. By adapting and refining theories of singularity and creativity, the book allows for a coherent analysis of this central aspect of McGuckian's work.

Methodologically it differs from previous studies in the scope of its approach. Uniquely, it pursues its investigation across the entire breadth of the poet's published output and emphasizes the thematic unity of individual volumes in the light of the poet's constant change and development. Throughout the book, the reading of McGuckian's work concentrates on poems in their entirety, an approach which has not figured to any notable degree in the existing secondary literature on the poet, not least because of the perceived difficulty of her writing.

A critical investigation, however, which respects both the integrity of the individual poems and the internal coherence of her various volumes allows for a far deeper understanding both of the poet's thematic preoccupations and of the evolution of her distinctive poetic voice.

  Borbala Farago  (Autor)

Publisher: Cork University Press 

ISBN:    978-1782050889 

原價      £:40  台幣價 NT$:1830