Dr Lucy Collins BA PhD
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Biography:
BA (Univ. of Dublin) 1989; PhD (Univ. of Dublin) 1995; Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship (Harvard University) 1994-5 |
Research Interests
| Twentieth-century literature; poetry and poetics; Irish, British and American poetry since 1950; ecocriticism; the history of the book; genetic criticism |
Books
| Collins, Lucy; (2012) Poetry by Women in Ireland 1870-1970: A Critical Anthology. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Collins, Lucy; (2013) ''The Road Divides: Thomas Kinsella's Urban Poetics'' In: Alexander, Neal and Cooper, David (eds). Poetry & Geography. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2012) ''What she lost and how: Eavan Boland's London Childhood'' In: Herron, Tom (eds). Irish Writing London. Vol. 2 Post-war to the Present. London: Continuum. [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy and Matterson, Stephen; (2011) ''I learn by going where I have to go: Aberration in Modern and Contemporary Poetry'' In: Collins, Lucy and Matterson, Stephen (eds). Aberration in Modern Poetry. North Carolina: MacFarland. [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) ''The One Continuous Line: Louise Gluck and the Necessity of Writing'' In: Collins, Lucy and Matterson, Stephen (eds). Aberration in Modern Poetry. North Carolina: MacFarland. [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) ''The Poetry of Maurice Craig: One Sharp Stab of Time'' In: Carpenter, Andrew (eds). Poems by Maurice Craig. Dublin: Liberties Press. [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) ''An Almost Invisible Thread: The Aesthetics of Memory in the Poetry of Pearse Hutchinson'' In: Coleman, Philip and Johnston, Maria (eds). Reading Pearse Hutchinson: From Findrum to Fisterra. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) ''Joyful Mysteries: Language and Spirituality in Medbh McGuckian's Recent Poetry'' In: D'Hoker, Elke and Schwall, Hedwig (eds). Irish Women's Writing. Bern: Peter Lang. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) ''Toward a Brink: The Poetry of Kathleen Jamie and Environmental Crisis'' In: Crosson, Sean and Karhio, Anne (eds). Poetry and Crisis. Basingstoke: Macmillan. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) ''Where are we heading? Fred D'Aguiar and the Poetics of Race'' In: Zach, Wolfgang and Pallua, Ulrich (eds). Racism, Slavery and Literature. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) ''Clearing the Air: Irish Women Poets and Environmental Change'' In: John Strachan and Alison O'Malley-Younger (eds) (eds). Ireland: Revolution and Evolution. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) ''Architectural Metaphors: Representation of the House in the Poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Vona Groarke'' In: Brewster, Scott and Parker, Michael (eds). Irish Literature since 1990: Diverse Voices. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy and Flann, Kathy; (2008) ''The Whole Story: The Short Story Sequence'' In: Cox, Ailsa (eds). The Short Story. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2006) ''Enough is Enough: Suffering and Desire in the Poetry of Thomas Kinsella'' In: Gilsenan Nordin, Irene (eds). The Body and Desire in Contemporary Irish Poetry. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2004) ''Our Lives Inseparable: The Contingent World in Adrienne Rich's Twenty-One Love Poems'' In: Hinds, Michael and Matterson, Stephen (eds). Rebound: The American Poetry Book. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2003) ''Performance and Dissent: The Irish Poet in the Public Sphere'' In: Campbell, Matthew (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2003) ''"Why Didn't They Ask the Others?": Resisting Disclosure in the Poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin'' In: Boss, Michael and Maher, Eamon (eds). Engaging Modernity: Readings of Irish Politics, Culture and Literature at the Turn of the Century. Dublin: Veritas. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2001) ''Confessionalism'' In: Roberts, Neil (eds). A Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English. London: Blackwells. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2001) ''Contemporary Irish Poetry'' In: Roberts, Neil (eds). A Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English. London: Blackwells. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2000) ''My Mother's Tongue: The Poetry of Eavan Boland'' In: Kelleher, Margaret (eds). Making it New: Essays on the Revised Leaving Certificate English Syllabus. Dublin: Lilliput Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (1996) ''Music in Mouth: Women and Language in the Poetry of Austin Clarke'' In: Clarke, Dardis (eds). Austin Clarke Remembered. Dublin: Bridge Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| Collins, Lucy (Ed.). (2012) Irish University Review Special Issue: Irish Poetry Cultures 1930-1970. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Review. [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy and Matterson, Stephen (Ed.). (2011) Aberration in Modern Poetry. North Carolina: MacFarland. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) ''The Calligraphy of Swallows: Writing Birdlife in Contemporary Irish Poetry'. Green Letters, 12 . [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) ''A Disused Shed in County Wexford, Derek Mahon''. Irish University Review, . [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) ''A Way of Going Back: Memory and Estrangement in the Poetry of Paula Meehan''. An Sionnach, . [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) ''Never Altogether the Same. But the Same: Textual Innovations in Notes from the Land of the Dead''. Irish Studies Review, 16 (3). [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2001) ''A Little of What We Have Found: Kinsella, Women and the Problem of Meaning''. Irish University Review, :135-152. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) ''Reading Trauma'' Writing in Education (44) . [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy and Flann, Kathy; (2006) ''How Did I End Up Like This?: Integrating Critical and Creative Processes'' Writing in Education (40) . [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) 'Northeast of Nowhere: Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey and Post-Feminist Spaces' . In: Quinn, Justin eds. Irish Poetry After Feminism Monaco, , 28-SEP-06 - 01-OCT-06 [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2006) Marking Time: Ciaran Carson and Irish Traditional Music . In: Lynch, Patricia, Fischer, Joachim and Coates, Brian eds. Back to the Future, Forward to the Past: Irish Writing and History since 1798 [IASIL] University of Limerick, Ireland, [Details] |
Dictionary Entry
| Collins, Lucy; (2006) 'John MacKenna'. Dictionary of Literary Biography: British and Irish Short Fiction 1945-2000: Dictionary Entry [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Collins. Lucy; (2010) Review of The Lament for Art O'Leary by Vona Groarke and Spindrift by Vona Groarke. Irish University Review 40:2 (Autumn/Winter): Book Reviews [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) Review of The Sea of Disappointment: Thomas Kinsella's Pursuit of the Real by Andrew Fitzsimons and Thomas Kinsella: Designing for the Exact Needs by Maurice Harmon. Irish Studies Review (Summer 2009): Book Reviews [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2005) Review of Familiar Strangers: New and Selected Poems 1960-2004 by Brendan Kennelly. Irish Studies Review (Winter 2005): Book Reviews [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2005) 'Here, More than Anywhere': Review of The Tree House by Kathleen Jamie and The Book of the Angel by Medbh McGuckian'. Metre 17: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Collins, Lucy; (2001) 'Vertical Man': Review of Thomas Kinsella: The Peppercanister Poems by Derval Tubridy. Irish Literary Supplement: Book Reviews [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2010. Title: Wake Forest University Archives Travelling Fellowship |
| Year: 2009. Title: MARBL Travelling Fellowship |
| Year: 2004. Title: SMC Teaching Fellowship |
| Year: 1994. Title: Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship |
| Year: 1990. Title: Trinity Award |
Associations
| Association: International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: National Association of Writers in Education, Function/Role: Member |
Conference Contributions
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) 'Invisible Places: Alice Oswald's Ecopoetics'. [Oral Presentation], Literature and Conservation: Responsibilities, Trinity College Dublin , 02-SEP-11 - 04-SEP-11. |
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) 'Being in Span: The Problem of Subjectivity in Catherine Walsh's City West'. [Oral Presentation], Innovation in Irish Poetry, University College Cork , 12-JUL-11 - 12-JUL-11. |
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) Roundtable Discussion: Innovation in Irish Poetry. [Chaired Session], Innovation in Irish Poetry, University College Cork , 12-JUL-11 - 12-JUL-11. |
| Collins, Lucy; (2011) 'Irish Women Poets and the Question of Belonging'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Negotiating Time and Space, University College Dublin , 15-JUN-11 - 15-JUN-11. |
| Collins, Lucy (with Andrew Carpenter); (2010) 'Irish Ecopoetry before 1820'. [Invited Lecture], Irish Environmental History Network, Trinity College Dublin , 14-OCT-10 - 14-OCT-10. |
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) 'Thomas Kinsella: From Centre City'. [Oral Presentation], British and Irish Poetry 1960-2010, Queen's University Belfast , 10-SEP-10 - 12-SEP-10. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) 'Terms and Conditions: Vona Groarke in America'. [Oral Presentation], Irish Literatures and Culture: New and Old Knowledges [IASIL], NUI Maynooth , 27-JUL-10 - 30-JUL-10. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) 'There are limits to what any eye can absorb: Caitriona O'Reilly's New Visions of Nature'. [Oral Presentation], Ireland and Ecocriticism: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick , 18-JUN-10 - 20-JUN-10. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) 'I will not again: Selfhood and Loss in Vona Groarke's Spindrift'. [Oral Presentation], Brandan Rising: Irish Identities Inside and Outside the Island, La Laguna University, Tenerife , 28-APR-10 - 01-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2010) 'The Poetry Ireland/Austin Clarke Poetry Library'. [Invited Oral Presentation], The Poet and the Publisher in 20th-century Ireland: UCD Print Culture Symposium 4, University College Dublin, Ireland , 05-MAR-10 - 06-MAR-10. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) 'The only man never to meet Samuel Beckett: Paul Durcan on Irish Poets'. [Invited Lecture], 'Delirious Circumference': A Celebration of the Work of Paul Durcan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland , 10-DEC-09 - 12-DEC-09. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2009) 'Contemporary Irish Women Poets'. [Invited Lecture], Irish Studies Seminar Series [CUA], CUA, Washington DC , 27-MAR-09 - 27-MAR-09. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) 'Memory, Slavery and the Poetry of Fred D'Aguiar. [Oral Presentation], Racism, Slavery and Literature, University of Innsbruck, Austria , 04-DEC-08 - 07-DEC-08. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) 'This Branching Mast: Recent Scottish Ecopoetry'. [Oral Presentation], English, Drama and Film Research Seminar Series [UCD], University College Dublin, Ireland , 19-NOV-08 - 19-NOV-08. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) 'Derek Mahon and Spatial Form'. [Oral Presentation], Home and Elsewhere: The Spaces of Irish Writing [IASIL], University of Oporto, Portugal , 28-JUL-08 - 01-AUG-08. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2008) 'British Caribbean Poetry'. [Invited Lecture], New Englishes Lecture Series [TCD], Trinity College Dublin, Ireland , 15-JAN-08 - 18-MAR-08. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2007) 'Writing Rebellion: 1798 in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian and Ciaran Carson'. [Oral Presentation], Ireland: At War and Peace [NEICN], University of Sunderland, UK , 09-NOV-07 - 11-NOV-07. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2007) 'In the Scriptorium: Writing and Spirituality in Contemporary Women's Poetry'. [Oral Presentation], Irish Women's Writing: National and European Contexts, University of Leuven, Belgium , 24-OCT-07 - 27-OCT-07. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2006) 'Feminism in a New Century: The Younger Irish Poets'. [Invited Lecture], Irish Poetry After Feminism, Princess Grace Library, Monaco , 28-SEP-06 - 01-OCT-06. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy ; (2005) 'A New Arrangement of Doorways: Domestic Space in the Work of Contemporary Women Poets'. [Oral Presentation], 5th EFACIS Conference, University of Gothenburg, Sweden , 02-DEC-05 - 04-DEC-05. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2005) 'Ingenious Design: The Iconography of Home in Contemporary Poetry by Irish Women'. [Oral Presentation], The Word, The Icon and The Ritual [NEICN], University of Sunderland, UK , 11-NOV-05 - 13-NOV-05. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2005) 'Writing National Cultures in the Poetry of Eilean Ni Chuilleanain'. [Oral Presentation], Ireland: A Global Village [IASIL], Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic , 25-JUL-05 - 28-JUL-05. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2005) 'Forms of Identity in the Poetry of Derek Mahon'. [Oral Presentation], Double Vision: Liminal Irish Identities, University College Dublin, Ireland , 18-MAR-05 - 20-MAR-05. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2003) 'Stubborn Memories: Versions of the Past in Thomas Kinsella's Poetry. [Invited Lecture], Lest We Forget: Remembrance in Irish Culture, University of Aberdeen, UK , 08-NOV-03 - 09-NOV-03. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2003) 'Too Familiar for Comfort: Interiority in Thomas Kinsella's Recent Poetry'. [Oral Presentation], Contemporary Irish Literature: Diverse Voices, University of Central Lancashire, UK , 05-APR-03 - 07-APR-03. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2002) 'The Body as Subject in Thomas Kinsella's A Technical Supplement'. [Invited Lecture], North West Irish Studies Group, Liverpool John Moores University, UK , 13-NOV-02 - 14-NOV-02. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2001) 'Why Didn't They Ask the Others?: The Resisting Informer in the Poetry of Eilean Ni Chuilleanain'. [Oral Presentation], 3rd EFACIS Conference, Aarhus University, Denmark , 07-DEC-01 - 09-DEC-01. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2001) 'All is Emptiness: The Unfinished Journey in the Poetry of Thomas Kinsella'. [Oral Presentation], Odysseys [IASIL], Dublin City University, Ireland , 30-JUL-01 - 03-AUG-01. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2000) 'Becoming Visible: Contemporary Women Poets and the Negotiation of Public Space. [Oral Presentation], Texts in Time, University College Dublin, Ireland , 17-NOV-00 - 19-NOV-00. | |||||||||
| Collins, Lucy; (2000) 'Boundary Lines: Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill in Translation'. [Oral Presentation], Irish Literature: Borders and Border Crossings, Bath Spa University, UK , 24-JUL-00 - 27-JUL-00. | |||||||||
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Education
| Year 1995 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1989 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: BA (Mod) Subject: |
Consultancy
| Client: : York St John University |
| Client: : University of East London |
| Client: : York St John University |
| Client: : London Metropolitan University |
| Client: : University of Lancaster |
Teaching Interests
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Undergraduate Teaching (2007-11) Children's Literature (Year 1 Lecture Course 2009-11) Reading the Story of Ireland: Irish Writing in English (Year 2 Lecture Course) Irish Studies: Place, People and Identity (Year 2 Seminar) Ecopoetry (Year 2 Option, Single Honours) The Poetry of W. B. Yeats: Imagining Ireland (Year 3 Option) Literature and Ecology (Year 3 Stand-alone Lecture Option) Modern Poetry: Texts and Contexts (Year 3 Stand-alone Lecture Option)
Undergraduate Teaching (prior to 2007) I have taught a range of modules, mainly on 19th and 20th century material including: Critical and Cultural Theory; the 19th Century Novel; Modernism to Postmodernism; American Identities; Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Irish Literature and Film since 1960.
Graduate Teaching; Thesis Supervision and Examination The Poetry of W. B. Yeats (on the MA in Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama) Supervision of PhDs on: Poetry and Truth; John Lincoln Sweeney and Modern Poetry; Women's Writing and Exile; Yeats and Beckett; Romantic Elegy and Irish Poetry; Contemporary Irish Women's Writing; Contemporary Irish Poetry. Examination of PhDs: 6 as internal examiner (University of Cumbria; UCD); 2 as external examiner (DCU; University of Limerick) |
Recent Postgraduates
| I currently teach on the MA in Anglo-Irish Literature. I'm interested in supervising postgraduate work on Irish writing, especially poetry, and on ecocritical topics |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Aoife Lynch, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Colleen English, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Kenneth Keating, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Modules Taught
| 200900 ENG10020 English: Children's Literature |
| 200900 ENG20470 English: Ecopoetry |
| 200900 ENG30620 English: The Poetry of W.B Yeats: imagining Ireland |
| 200900 ENG40410 English: Yeats |
| 200900 IRST20010 Irish Studies: Irish Studies II: Place, Peopl |