Bennett, Karen2012-04-032012-04-032003Bennett, Karen. ‘The Recurrent Quest: Demeter and Persephone in Modern Ireland’ in Classical and Modern Literature, 23/1, 20030197-2227http://hdl.handle.net/10451/5841This article examines the myth of Demeter and Persephone in two poems from modern Ireland, Eavan Boland's 'The Pomegranate' and Ciaran Carson's 'Ascalaphus'.engDemeter and PersephoneMythIrish poetryBoland, Eavan, 1944-Ciaran CarsonThe Recurrent Quest: Demeter and Persephone in Modern Irelandjournal article