The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry launch event

Doors at 5:30pm

Event start 6pm

The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry is a one-volume, multi-authored history of the poetic traditions on the island of Ireland and their relation to the courses of poetry beyond its shores. It attends to the crucial developments in the history of Irish poetry as well as the social, political, and cultural conditions underlying those developments, including the complex position of poets in Ireland during different historical eras. Individual chapters describe the ways in which formal, aesthetic, and compositional practices were inflected by political and social structures; provide expert accounts of the institutional and textual histories that have shaped the body of Irish poetry as we have it; and highlight the tradition's major texts, writers, and formations. Unparalleled in scope and depth, this book offers the most comprehensive and authoritative critical account of the Irish poetic tradition.

There will be a reception and panel, with book sales provided by No Alibis.

Other launch events include:

Wed 21 Oct, 6pm: Boston College Ireland
with Marc Caball, Anne Fogarty, Kit Fryatt, Adam Hanna, Mícheál Hoyne, Máirín Nic Eoin, Máire Ní Annracháin, Deirdre Nic Mhathúna, and Tom Walker.

Tue 27 Oct, 5pm: Cambridge University.
The Cambridge Group for Irish Studies, featuring a conversation about the volume between Vona Groarke and Eric Falci.

Thu 29 Oct, 6pm: The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Featuring Fran Brearton, Leontia Flynn, Edna Longley, Carol Baraniuk, and Greg Toner

Thu 5 Nov, 3pm: University College, Cork (The UCC Council Room)
featuring Pat Coughlan, Adam Hanna, Lee Jenkins, Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, Síle Ní Mhurchú, and Natasha Sumner

Thu 12 Nov, 6pm: Glucksman Ireland House (NYU)
featuring Catherine McKenna, Kelly Sullivan, and John Waters

Sat 21 Nov, 5pm: PoetryFest at the
Stephanie Burt and Eric Falci will be in conversation with Vona Groarke