Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney / Helen Vendler.

Helen Vendler traces Heaney's invention as it evolves from his beginnings in Death of a Naturalist (1966) through his most recent volume, The Spirit Level (1996). In sections entitled "Second Thoughts," she considers an often neglected but crucial part of Heaney's evolving talent...

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Main Author: Vendler, Helen, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Heaney, Seamus, > 1939-2013 > Criticism and interpretation.
Northern Ireland > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Anonymities: Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out
  • 2. Archaeologies: North
  • 3. Anthropologies: Field Work
  • 4. Alterities and Alter Egos: From Death of a Naturalist to Station Island
  • 5. Allegories: The Haw Lantern
  • 6. Airiness: Seeing Things
  • 7. An Afterwards: The Spirit Level.

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