Matrophobia or Matrocompliance?: Motherhood as “Experience and Institution” in the Poetry of Eavan Boland and Paula Meehan
This article traces and examines representations of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships in contemporary Irish women’s poetry in the light of Adrienne Rich’s theories in Of Woman Born. I particularly focus on Eavan Boland and Paula Meehan, whose work poses a direct challenge to the tradition...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses
2009-06-01
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| Series: | ABEI Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.fflch.usp.br/abei/article/view/3654 |