The Body and Desire in Contemporary Irish Poetry

Exploring contemporary Irish poetry, this collection of essays examines the desiring body as both a cultural construct and an existential entity. By utilizing diverse literary and psychoanalytic theories, contributors analyze how poets like Eavan Boland and Seamus Heaney portray the body as a source of empowerment and transformation. The essays reflect on material experience, drawing connections between gender, identity, and the body, and highlight the nuanced expressions of both male and female poets in the context of Irish culture and history.