Contemporary British and Irish Poetry

SARAH BROOM, formerly Lecturer in English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford and at Oxford Brookes, has held a Research Fellowship in English Literature at Massey University, New Zealand. She has published numerous articles and reviews on contemporary British and Irish poetry.

Introduction.- 'Wanna yoo scruff': Class Politics: Tom Leonard, Tony Harrison, Don Paterson.- 'My tongue is full of old ideas': Race and Ethnicity: Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackie Kay, Moniza Alvi.- Gender, Sex and Embodiment: Simon Armitage, Grace Nichols, Carol Ann Duffy.- 'Widdershins round the kirk-yaird': Gender, Sexuality and Nation: Eavan Boland, Kathleen Jamie, Gillian Clarke, David Kinloch.- 'A fusillade of question marks': Poetry and the Troubles in Northern Ireland: Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley; Ciaran Carson.- 'A rustle of echoes': Self, Subjectivity and Agency: David Dabydeen, Paul Muldoon, Denise Riley.- The Tribes of Poetry: Tom Raworth, Geraldine Monk, Catherine Walsh, Peter Reading, Patience Agbabi.- Select Bibliography.- Index.