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Seamus Heaney and the emblems of hope, Karen Marguerite Moloney
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- Summary
- "A rich body of mythology and literature has grown around the Celtic ritual known as the Feis of Tara or 2marriage of sovereignty3{u2014}ancient ceremonies in which the future king pledges to care for the land and serve the goddess of sovereignty. Seamus Heaney, whose writing has attracted the overwhelming share of critical attention directed toward contemporary Irish poetry, has engaged this symbolic tradition in some of his most significant{u2014}and controversial{u2014}work. Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope explores examines Heaney{u2019}s use of the family of sovereignty motifs and redresses the imbalance of criticism that has overemphasized the theme of sacrifice to the detriment of more optimistic symbols. Moreover, Moloney reviews the development of the marriage motif in Irish poetry from the ninth to the twenty-first centuries with a focus on Heaney{u2019}s adaptations from The Frenzy of Sweeney and The Midnight Court and on the work of such poets as Kinsella, Montague, Boland, and Ní Dhomhnaill. Karen Marguerite Moloney examines the central role that Heaney assigns the Feis of Tara in his response to the crisis of Ulster and to the general spiritual bankruptcy of our times, showing in his verse how the relationship of the male lover to the goddess{u2014}particularly in her more repugnant guises{u2014}serves as prototype for the humility and deference needed to repair the effects of English colonization of Ireland and, by extension, centuries of worldwide patriarchal abuse. Through close, sustained readings of poems previously overlooked or misinterpreted, such as 2Ocean{u2019}s Love to Ireland,3 2Come to the Bower,3 and 2Bone Dreams3{u2014}poems that Irish feminist critics have deemed flawed and distressingly sexist{u2014}Moloney refutes views that have long stood unchallenged. She also considers the direction of Heaney{u2019}s more recent poems, which continue to resonate to the twin demands of conscience and artistic integrity. An impeccably researched and immensely readable work, Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope reveals that Heaney{u2019}s poetry offers a reverence for archetypal femininity and Dionysian energy that can counter the sterility and violence of postcolonial Irish life. Moloney shows us that, in the tradition of poets who preceded him, Heaney turns to the marriage of sovereignty to encode a message for our times{u2014}and to offer up emblems of hope on behalf of us all."--Publishers website
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Seamus Heaney and the emblems of hope
- Title
- Seamus Heaney and the emblems of hope
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen Marguerite Moloney
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A rich body of mythology and literature has grown around the Celtic ritual known as the Feis of Tara or 2marriage of sovereignty3{u2014}ancient ceremonies in which the future king pledges to care for the land and serve the goddess of sovereignty. Seamus Heaney, whose writing has attracted the overwhelming share of critical attention directed toward contemporary Irish poetry, has engaged this symbolic tradition in some of his most significant{u2014}and controversial{u2014}work. Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope explores examines Heaney{u2019}s use of the family of sovereignty motifs and redresses the imbalance of criticism that has overemphasized the theme of sacrifice to the detriment of more optimistic symbols. Moreover, Moloney reviews the development of the marriage motif in Irish poetry from the ninth to the twenty-first centuries with a focus on Heaney{u2019}s adaptations from The Frenzy of Sweeney and The Midnight Court and on the work of such poets as Kinsella, Montague, Boland, and Ní Dhomhnaill. Karen Marguerite Moloney examines the central role that Heaney assigns the Feis of Tara in his response to the crisis of Ulster and to the general spiritual bankruptcy of our times, showing in his verse how the relationship of the male lover to the goddess{u2014}particularly in her more repugnant guises{u2014}serves as prototype for the humility and deference needed to repair the effects of English colonization of Ireland and, by extension, centuries of worldwide patriarchal abuse. Through close, sustained readings of poems previously overlooked or misinterpreted, such as 2Ocean{u2019}s Love to Ireland,3 2Come to the Bower,3 and 2Bone Dreams3{u2014}poems that Irish feminist critics have deemed flawed and distressingly sexist{u2014}Moloney refutes views that have long stood unchallenged. She also considers the direction of Heaney{u2019}s more recent poems, which continue to resonate to the twin demands of conscience and artistic integrity. An impeccably researched and immensely readable work, Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope reveals that Heaney{u2019}s poetry offers a reverence for archetypal femininity and Dionysian energy that can counter the sterility and violence of postcolonial Irish life. Moloney shows us that, in the tradition of poets who preceded him, Heaney turns to the marriage of sovereignty to encode a message for our times{u2014}and to offer up emblems of hope on behalf of us all."--Publishers website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moloney, Karen Marguerite
- Dewey number
- 821/.914
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6058.E2
- LC item number
- Z774 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- University of Missouri Press
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- Heaney, Seamus
- Mythology, Celtic, in literature
- Sovereignty in literature
- English poetry
- Irish poetry
- Ireland
- Label
- Seamus Heaney and the emblems of hope, Karen Marguerite Moloney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 85892262
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xix, 212 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826217448
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2007008872
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)85892262
- Label
- Seamus Heaney and the emblems of hope, Karen Marguerite Moloney
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 85892262
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xix, 212 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826217448
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2007008872
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)85892262
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