mss0099_0804.xml "March 1 1847. By The First Post" poem 1994 April 20 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 August 14) Finding aid encoded 2007 August 14 English "March 1 1847. By The First Post" poem1994 April 20 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Boland, Eavan. "March 1 1847. By The First Post" poem 1994 April 20 MSS 099, F804 1 item (1 p.) Clipping of a poem by female Irish poet, Eavan Boland, as printed in The Independent (London). Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Gift of Bernard McKenna, July 2007.

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MSS 099, F804, Eavan Boland, "March 1, 1847. By The First Post" poem, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Note

Born in 1944 in Dublin, but spending her youth in London and New York, Eavan Aisling Boland began producing poetry in the 1960s. She gained greater prominence in the 1980s with works which generated debate over feminism and the place of the female poet in a largely male field. Boland is known for placing women within the context of patriarchal Irish traditions and myths.

"Eavan (Aisling) Boland." Contemporary Literary Criticism (reproduced in Literature Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC (accessed August 17, 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

Clipping of a poem by female Irish poet, Eavan Boland titled, "March 1 1847. By The First Post." Poem appeared in The Independent (London) on April 20, 1994. The clipping is signed by Eavan Boland.

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This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

 Detailed Contents List 53 F804"March 1 1847. By The First Post" poem 1994 April 20 1 p.

Newspaper clipping, with author's signature.