Cultural Memory in Seamus Heaney's Late Work

by Joanne Piavanini

Book Overview

Cultural Memory in Seamus Heaney's Late Work considers the ways that memory functions in Heaney's poetry. Joanne Piavanini argues that the shaping of collective memory is one of Heaney's major contributions as a poet. Locating Heaney in a transnational literary sphere, this book argues that his late work isdefined by a type of cosmopolitanism openness: the work moves beyond national identity to explore multiple allegiances and identifications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030469298
• ISBN13: 9783030469290
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"