Allusion and ambiguity in Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry-Picking"

This paper subjects the function of allusion first to a stylistic and then to a more pragmatic analysis. It is argued that allusion is interactive and enables the construction of a community or culture in which the sender invites the receiver to share. In the case of Heaney’s short lyric, it is show...

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Main Author: Sell, Jonathan P.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2004-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2004-n17-allusion-and-ambiguity-in-seamus-heaneys-blackberry-picking