Derrida, Heaney, Yeats and the Hauntological Redefinition of Irishness

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2003
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O'Brien, Eugene
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O' Brien, E.(2003). 'Derrida, Heaney, Yeats and the Hauntological Redefinition of Irishness’, In, M.Böss & E.Maher (eds),Engaging Modernity: Readings of Irish Politics, Culture and Literature at the Turn of the Century. Veritas: Dublin,220-234
Abstract
This essay begins by deconstructing the logo of the Centre for Migration studies as a way of outlining a differential perspective on Irish identity. Eschewing the traditional view of identity as sameness, this article posits an Irish identity which focuses on difference. The essay makes use of works by Joyce and Heaney.
Keywords
Heaney
Yeats
Irishness
Identity
Centripetal
Deconstruction
Joyce
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eng
Publisher
Veritas
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http://hdl.handle.net/10395/320
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