Visions of reconciliation
Longley, Heaney and the Greeks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12303265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iain Twiddy (Hokkaido University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425-443 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0882 • E-ISSN: 1469-9303 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09670882.2013.845411 |
| OpenAlex | W2094948803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
At the heart of myth is negotiation, as the inner world comes to terms with external conditions. Many contemporary Irish poets have turned to mythical material in order to explore how, as Derek Mahon suggested, a good poem could be a paradigm of good politics. This essay explores the ways in which Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley have used ancient Greek myths to bring a hopeful light against seemingly intractable political problems, in line with the principle of third-party intervention, or the deus ex machina that prevents further misunderstanding. Translation opens up entrenched perspectives, forcing the self, in unfamiliar situations, to face the reality of the other, and to consider the other's perceptions and needs. This intervention aims for reconciliation, whether between individuals, social groups, individual and state, or between the living and the dead, and it reveals that reconciliation is always an approximation that must be continually fought for
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Greeks · Intervention (counseling · Irish · Literature · Mythology · Negotiation · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Classics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |