They «smelt of rot»: Abjection and Infection in Seamus Heaney’s Early Work
This essay considers Seamus Heaney’s early pastoral poetry through the lens of Julia Kristeva’s notion of the abject, the fearful and feminine Other. Abjection offers a way of reading and understanding the creeping darkness and fearful fertility of Heaney’s early landscapes, which are often more com...
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Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Estudios Irlandeses |
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| Online Access: | https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2-def-EI-18-Stephanie-Alexander.pdf |