Irish Studies Review
Borbála Faragó’s monograph Medbh McGuckian commits to examining a relatively diverse and interpretatively opaque body of poetry through the poet’s biography…. Accompanied by regular references to published interviews and occasional private correspondence, this critical approach affords McGuckian an elevated position shaping the critical reception of her work. In opting for this approach, Faragó has succeeded in producing a primary introductory text to McGuckian studies…. Medbh McGuckian works…to produce a thorough introduction to and detailed readings of poems, collections, an overview of the poetic career and an extensive bibliography which will orient the uninitiated McGuckian reader very well indeed.