Seamus Heaney : an introduction /

Seamus Heaney : an introduction /

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"This study will enable readers to gain clearer understanding of the life and major works of Seamus Heaney. It considers literary influences on Heaney, ranging from English poets such as Wordsworth, Hughes, and Auden to Irish poets such as Kavanagh and Yeats to world poets such as Virgil and Da...

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Main Author: Russell, Richard Rankin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
©2016
Subjects:
Heaney, Seamus, > 1939-2013 > Criticism and interpretation.
Heaney, Seamus, > 1939-2013 > Literary style.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
English poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Poetry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics in literature.
Religion and literature > Northern Ireland.
Politics and literature > Northern Ireland > History > 20th century.
Ireland > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Life and contexts
  • Burrowing and bogs : early poems, Death of a naturalist, Door into the dark, Wintering out, North
  • Reading the ground and the sky : field work, Station Island, The Haw lantern
  • Radiance : Seeing things, The Spirit level, Electric Light (1991-2001)
  • Return : District and circle, Human chain, and late uncollected poetry (2006-2013)
  • Heaney's prose, drama, and translations.

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