I don't have a _per se_ objection to any of those qualities, but do notice
there has been a trend of fetishising them in the reception of recent Irish
verse, from that I demur.
Otherwise, I don't follow what's being said, so keeping my trap shut now.
Best
DB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Candice Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: review online
> David Bircumshaw wrote:
>
> > I loved:
> >
> > "Here are no rural anecdotes, no repetitive returns to the lyric
effusion
> > and fabulistic narrative, no consolatory childhood yarns"
>
> Yes, Lloyd's very much a part of the anti-romantic Irish/American
> cultural studies movement, which I first encountered when SAQ did a
special
> issue on it back in 1995. (Lloyd wanted to contribute to it, in fact, but
> the demands of his schedule kept him from meeting our deadline.) The guest
> editor, John Waters, took such a determinedly social-scientific stance
> toward the topic that I jokingly suggested we title the issue "Forget
> Tipperary! Forget Skibbereen!" But it's a healthy trend in cultural
studies
> across the board, I believe, and it was interesting to discover the same
> attitude among younger scholars of American Indian culture as well.
>
> Candice
>
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