Seamus Heaney (Text Only)
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2012
208 pages
978-0-00-740013-3 (ISBN)
Description
A dazzling short assessment of the life and work of the poet and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature.
Among Heaney's many published collections are 'Death of a Naturalist', 'North', 'Field Work', 'Station Island' and 'Spirit Level' (May 1996), which was that rarest of things: a collection of poetry that was also a bestseller. Yet despite his popularity, Heaney's poetry can be difficult and intractable, not least because it is linked to two rich literary traditions, the English and the Irish.
Helen Vendler is one of the finest literary critics writing today. First published in 2000, her book is the clear, explicatory work of criticism, relating the poet to his poetry, that Heaney deserves.
Among Heaney's many published collections are 'Death of a Naturalist', 'North', 'Field Work', 'Station Island' and 'Spirit Level' (May 1996), which was that rarest of things: a collection of poetry that was also a bestseller. Yet despite his popularity, Heaney's poetry can be difficult and intractable, not least because it is linked to two rich literary traditions, the English and the Irish.
Helen Vendler is one of the finest literary critics writing today. First published in 2000, her book is the clear, explicatory work of criticism, relating the poet to his poetry, that Heaney deserves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-00-740013-3 (9780007400133)
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Helen Vendler
Seamus Heaney
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08/1999
Fontana Press
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Person
Helen Vendler is Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard University. She is the editor of The Faber Book of American Poetry (1990).
