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These shirts I borrow from the Finnish: the Kanteletar and the fabric of loss in Peter Sirrs A Journal

  • Anne Karhio

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Abstract

Discusses how the Irish poet Peter Sirr draws on the Kanteletar, a Finnish 19th century collection of folk poetry, to explore themes of love, longing, loss and belonging in his long poem A Journal.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
JournalReview of Irish Studies in Europe
Volume2
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

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  • Anne Karhio

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