A rich body of mythology and literature has grown around the Celtic ritual known as the "Feis" of Tara or marriage of sovereignty ancient ceremonies in which the future king pledges to care for the land and serve the goddess of sovereignty. Seamus Heaney, whose writing has attracted the overwhelming share of critical attention directed toward contemporary Irish poetry, has engaged this symbolic tradition in some of his most significant and controversial work.
"Seamus Heaney and the Emblems of Hope" explores Heaney s use of the family of sovereignty motifs and redresses the imbalance of...
A rich body of mythology and literature has grown around the Celtic ritual known as the "Feis" of Tara or marriage of sovereignty ancient ceremonie...