Literature 3401 - Poetry and Politics in Ireland

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

ICS Nineteenth- and twentieth-century poets such as James Mangan, Samuel Ferguson,W. B. Yeats, and Austin Clarke recreated images of a Celtic past that served the cause of Irish nationalism. The class studies that poetry, as well as militant songs and ballads from the late 18th century to the present (some anonymous, some by prominent patriots like Thomas Davis and Pádraic Pearse). Students examine problem poems (by Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, and Seamus Heaney) that deal with contemporaneous events and issues. Some attention is paid to diaries and memoirs that illuminate specific moments in Irish history from 1798 to the present.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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