“I only know I must”
Transfiguring Irish Shame in Paula Meehan’s “Troika”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21187102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean Kennedy (0000-0001-5619-4885, Saint Mary's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 96-108 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Estudios Irlandeses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1699-311X • E-ISSN: 1699-311X |
| Publisher | Estudios Irlandeses (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24162/ei2019-8824 |
| OpenAlex | W2920960324 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In The Culture of Redemption (1986), Leo Bersani offers a frankly polemical critique of claims made for the redeeming power of literature. He flags as naïve the idea that art can redeem “the catastrophes of history”, challenging those who see literature as, in any sense, redemptive of suffering (1). By contrast, in a charged account
Aesthetics · Art · Dignity · Hegelianism · Irish · Literature · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Shame · Sociology · Transformative learning · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Diverse academic research themes · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Highly cited | No |
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