The Unfixed Horizon: New Selected Poems

A bewitching journey through the landscapes of self, history, and nation.The Unfixed Horizon: New Selected Poems traces Medbh McGuckian's remarkable trajectory through fourteen volumes published between 1982 and 2013, amply displaying her opulent imagination. This collection offers a valuable overview and rare insight into the myriad influences--both private and public--of this mysterious poet. McGuckian's early poems view Belfast's sectarian violence through the lens of the female body and domestic imagery, while her political engagement later becomes more direct. Rooted in Northern Irish soil, McGuckian's poems encompass a world of interests erotic and maternal, spiritual and sensuous, private and political. Readers open to her enigmatic syntactical structures, wide-angled metaphors, and metamorphic images multiplying in dream-like fashion will be richly rewarded.Explore themes of Irish identity, history, and the TroublesDiscover a unique feminist perspective on Northern IrelandAppreciate innovative and challenging contemporary poetryThe Unfixed Horizon is for readers of poetry, students of Irish literature, and those interested in feminist perspectives on Irish history and culture. Experience the bewitching power of Medbh McGuckian's verse today.