Listen "Home by Starlight"
Episode Synopsis
This week I take a look at the poem Home by Starlight by Paula Meehan. I'll be focusing on how Meehan uses the ancient history of Ireland to create a poem of lament for a lost time and lost knowledge. More importantly I'll examine how she uses her own knowledge of Irish custom and society to create a specific type of feminism for her country.The shownotes for today's episode, with full references can be found here: https://wordsthatburnpodcast.com/You can get in touch with me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wordsthatburnpodcast/or by email : [email protected] music in this weeks episode is Static by Scott Buckley and is used under creative commons license. Enjoy his music here: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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