**Please note, this talk has been postponed until a later date**
‘Whose island is this anyway?’: poetry, possession and being possessed by the Isle of Man
Dr Mari Hughes-Edwards will be discussing the ways in which islands and island houses and ruins in particular, are constructed in the work of some contemporary poets who often write about the Isle of Man. They include Simon Maddrell, Janet Lees, Annie Kissack and Paul Lebiedzinski. In particular, Maddrell’s poem The Whole Island, which inspires this paper’s title, will be examined. Maddrell’s Throatbone (2020) and Lees’ House of Water (2018) will also be explored in the context of wider Manx poetry.
Who is Dr Mari Hughes-Edwards?
Currently an English Literature academic at Edge Hill University, Dr Mari Hughes-Edwards has taught at the universities of York, Manchester, Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores, and Salford. She gained her BA in English Literature, her MA from Bristol University, and was awarded her PhD by the University of York.
The main focus of her academic research/publications is on gender, sexuality and space. Originally a medievalist by training, her published work now focuses equally on contemporary British Literature and she has particular research interests in the queer poetics of Carol Ann Duffy and Lee Harwood and in the fictions of Susan Hill, Hilary Mantel and Sarah Waters.
**Join us on Zoom on 18th May, 6pm for this interesting discussion**