Cultural Memory and Images of Resurrection in Medbh McGuckian’s Commemorative Poems
This article analyses four poems by Medbh McGuckian, all of them commemorating deceased loved ones or historical figures. The essay discusses the poet’s strategies of commemoration from the perspective of cultural memory studies and focuses on the ways allusions in the poems establish parallels wit...
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| Main Author: | Fanni Fekete-Nagy |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies
2021-11-01
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| Series: | Review of Irish Studies in Europe |
| Online Access: | https://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/rise/article/view/2827 |
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