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Writing Lough Derg: From William Carleton to Seamus Heaney (Irish Studies)
Peggy O´brien
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Description for Writing Lough Derg: From William Carleton to Seamus Heaney (Irish Studies)
Paperback. Aims to show how a discrete tradition of writing about Lough Derg helped contemporary Irish poets rescue, metaphysical inquiry from the grip of nationalism. Surveying literary treatments of Lough Derg, this work addresses the role of spirituality in an increasingly cosmopolitan, postmodern, post-Catholic Ireland. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
The overarching purpose of this volume is to show how a discrete tradition of writing about Lough Derg helped contemporary Irish poets rescue, metaphysical inquiry from the grip of nationalism. Linked with the supernatural from pagan times, Lough Derg had by the early twentieth century become an icon of the fusion of the Catholic Church and the Irish nation. Surveying literary treatments of Lough Derg from William Carleton through Denis Devlin, Patrick Kavanagh, and ultimately Seamus Heaney, Peggy O'Brien addresses the role of spirituality in an increasingly cosmopolitan, postmodern, post-Catholic Ireland. O'Brien's extended consideration of Heaney culminates in an insightful ... Read more
The overarching purpose of this volume is to show how a discrete tradition of writing about Lough Derg helped contemporary Irish poets rescue, metaphysical inquiry from the grip of nationalism. Linked with the supernatural from pagan times, Lough Derg had by the early twentieth century become an icon of the fusion of the Catholic Church and the Irish nation. Surveying literary treatments of Lough Derg from William Carleton through Denis Devlin, Patrick Kavanagh, and ultimately Seamus Heaney, Peggy O'Brien addresses the role of spirituality in an increasingly cosmopolitan, postmodern, post-Catholic Ireland. O'Brien's extended consideration of Heaney culminates in an insightful ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Irish Studies
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815630982
SKU
KCW0017462
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About Peggy O´brien
Peggy O'Brien is professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the editor of the Book of Irish Women's Poetry, 1969-2000, and regularly publishes essays on contemporary Irish poetry.
Reviews for Writing Lough Derg: From William Carleton to Seamus Heaney (Irish Studies)
O'Brien's prose is brilliant. She possesses a marvelous facility for imaging explanations.... Her style is characteristically rich and economical, beautifully carrying her lucid and subtle arguments." - Audrey Eyler, Pacific Lutheran University