Seamus Heaney, an introduction, Richard Rankin Russell
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Seamus Heaney, an introduction, Richard Rankin Russell
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-285) and index
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contains biographical information
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Seamus Heaney
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Richard Rankin Russell
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an introduction
Summary
"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 Dante. It shows how Heaney was closely attuned to poetry's impact on daily life and current events even as he articulated a convincing apologia for poetry's own life and integrity. Discussing Heaney's deep immersion in Irish Catholicism, this book demonstrates how faith influenced his belief system, poetry and politics. Finally, it also considers how deeply Heaney's artistic endeavours were intertwined with politics in Northern Ireland, especially through his embrace of constitutional nationalism but rejection of physical force republicanism."--, Provided by publisher
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) -- Heaneys prose, drama, and translations
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Seamus Heaney: An Introduction
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- Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 -- Literary style
- English literature + Irish authors + History and criticism
- Religion and literature -- Northern Ireland
- Ethics in literature
- Politics and literature -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
- Ireland -- In literature
- Poetry + Moral and ethical aspects
- English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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- Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 -- Literary style
- English literature + Irish authors + History and criticism
- Religion and literature -- Northern Ireland
- Ethics in literature
- Politics and literature -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
- Ireland -- In literature
- Poetry + Moral and ethical aspects
- English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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