{"product_id":"a-chastened-communion-modern-irish-poetry-and-catholicism-hardcover","title":"A Chastened Communion: Modern Irish Poetry and Catholicism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Auge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Chastened Communion \u003c\/i\u003etraces a new path through the well-traversed field of modern Irish poetry by revealing how critical engagement with Catholicism shapes the trajectory of the poetic careers of Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, John Montague, Seamus Heaney, Eil an N  Chuillean in, Paul Durcan, and Paula Meehan. Underlying their divergent poetic styles and thematic concerns, Auge discerns a common pattern. He shows how a demythologizing critique of some elemental features of Irish Catholicism--the sacraments of confession and the Eucharist, the pilgrimages to holy wells and Lough Derg, the veneration of the Blessed Virgin, the imperative to self-sacrifice, the narrowly patriarchal nature of the institution--elicit, for each of these poets, a radical reshaping of these traditional religious phenomena. Auge provides compelling new readings of major Irish poets and establishes a basis for distinguishing modern Irish poetry from its Anglophone counterparts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew J. Auge\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Loras College in Iowa. His articles have been published in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003eNew Hibernia Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130453004423,"sku":"9780815633297","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e106cc8f3c8c87c37f083d080919e1c0.webp?v=1732610924","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-chastened-communion-modern-irish-poetry-and-catholicism-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}