Like pilgrims to this moment : myth, history, and politics in the early writing of Seamus Heaney and Leonard Cohen

Like pilgrims to this moment : myth, history, and politics in the early writing of Seamus Heaney and Leonard Cohen

This thesis examines the early work of poets Leonard Cohen and Seamus Heaney in light of their treatment of mythology, ritual, and mythologization, moving either from personal to political awareness (Heaney), or from political to personal awareness (Cohen). Heaney, writing in the midst of the Irish...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Caitlin
Other Authors: Roy, Wendy
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2008
Subjects:
Northern Irish poetry
Belfast poetry
Montreal poets
Belfast poets
Irish literature
Canadian literature
the Troubles
Seamus Heaney
Leonard Cohen
Montreal
Belfast
Jewish poets
Irish poets
Irish Republican poetry
Quiet Revolution
Silent Revolution
Irish poetry
mythology
bog poetry
20th century poetry
English literature
poetry
20th century studies
ethnic minorities
religious minorities
mythologization
Hebrew scripture
Tollund Man
North
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Death of a Naturalist
Flowers For Hitler
Wintering Out
Door Into the Dark
Spice-Box of Earth
Parasites of Heaven
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-12192008-183920/

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