From Maeve of Connaught to President Mary Robinson, this book presents Irish women - known and unknown, real and invented - as their compatriots have described and interpreted them. The editors draw upon mythological tales, letters, biographies, autobiographies, newspapers and official reports, as well as poems, novels, stories, plays, recordings and songs, to create this sympathetic selection. The book includes the writings of Yeats, Joyce, Synge, Clare Boylon, Augusta Gregory, Nora Barnacle, Julia O'Faolain, Cecil Woodham-Smith and Maud Gonne.
Katie Donovan Livres
Katie Donovan explore des thèmes de foyer et de voyage, plongeant dans les complexités de l'identité et du lieu à travers sa poésie. Ses vers, souvent enracinés dans le paysage, se caractérisent par une observation aiguë et un regard empathique sur les expériences humaines. La poésie de Donovan explore les profondeurs de la mémoire et de l'héritage, offrant des réflexions tranquilles sur ce que signifie appartenir et d'où nous venons. Son langage est à la fois intime et résonant, invitant les lecteurs à considérer leurs propres liens avec le lieu et le foyer.


By turns lyrical and sardonic, this new collection from Katie Donovan is characteristically watery – candid and uncompromising in its refusal to inhabit the safer reaches of the shore. Themes of loss, widowhood and ageing co-exist with observations of her wild garden and its inhabitants, including a mangy fox she helps to survive.