Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 287 g
Reihe: Reimagining Ireland
Translating and transcending the liminal
Buch, Englisch, Band 132, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 287 g
Reihe: Reimagining Ireland
ISBN: 978-1-80374-429-2
Verlag: Peter Lang
This study aims to uncover the traces of the celebrated Sweeney legend in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Irish writers such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Austin Clarke, Derek Mahon, Tom Mac Intyre, Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel, Dermot Bolger, Paula Meehan, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. The tale, known in Irish as Buile Suibhne , captivates with its intricate layers of liminality. Liminality, the state of existing on the boundary, the border, the threshold, serves as the key to bringing these writers together. This liminal state is marked by the promise of a drastic shift, a metamorphosis of being. The legend’s profound impact on literary creations bears witness to the contemplation of liminality lying at the heart of the Irish imagination. Close textual readings bring to light the significance of Sweeney’s Revival, which reverberates with far-reaching and enduring resonance.
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Contents: Sweeney, W. B. Yeats, and James Joyce – Double Visions: Austin Clarke’s ‘The Frenzy of Suibhne’ – ‘The black earth my earth- bed’: Derek Mahon’s The Snow Party – ‘A soul journey’: Tom Mac Intyre’s ‘Sweeney among the Branches’ – Reviving and Revived: Seamus Heaney’s Sweeney Astray – Resisting Authority: Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney – Mother to be Grafted: Dermot Bolger’s A Second Life – Revolutionizing Vulnerable Birds: Paula Meehan’s Mrs Sweeney – Sweeney and Cailleach: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s ‘Muirghil ag Cáiseamh Shuibhne [Muirghil Castigates Sweeney]’.
