192 results for 'Heaney, Seamus'

Seamus Heaney's vast and varied translations showcase his remarkable skill as a poet-translator. Spanning multiple languages, including Latin, Old English, ancient and modern European languages, and...

Seamus Heaney & the End of Catholic Ireland explores the poet's evolving relationship with his faith, tracing its influence from his early education to his later work. This study examines Heaney's...

Seamus Heaney's Gifts by Henry Hart offers a comprehensive examination of the poet's preoccupation with gifts and gift-exchange. Drawing on extensive research in Heaney's papers and three decades of...

Seamus Heaney's Letters offer a unique glimpse into the life and poetic development of a literary titan. Spanning fifty years of correspondence, this ample but discriminating selection reveals the...

Seamus Heaney and the Adequacy of Poetry is a study of the development of Heaney's thought and its central theme. This book explores the intellectual origins, humanist character, and inherent strains...

Seamus Heaney was a poet whose life and work were deeply intertwined with the changing landscape of Ireland in the late 20th century. This biography by R.F. Foster offers a nuanced exploration of...

This New Casebook on Seamus Heaney presents a comprehensive debate about the poet's work, drawing on reviews and extended academic essays. It explores how contemporary theoretical approaches have...

Seamus Heaney's poetic career has been marked by constant development and expansion, cementing his place among the world's greatest literary figures. This critical study, first published in 1986,...

A remarkable collection of letters from one of Ireland's most celebrated poets, spanning fifty years of Seamus Heaney's correspondence. This wonderful selection offers a unique glimpse into the life...

Seamus Heaney's life and work are the subject of this in-depth portrait. Through his own reminiscences, Dennis O'Driscoll explores the poet's development from early works to his Nobel Prize win in...

The Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney provides an in-depth overview of the poet's career and reception. Distinguished contributors offer detailed readings of his major publications, exploring...

Seamus Heaney as Aesthetic Thinker: A Study of the Prose By Eugene O'Brien Syracuse University Press, 2016 This study explores Seamus Heaney's prose work, examining how he explored the poet's role in...

Seamus Heaney's Mythmaking examines the poet's engagement with myth throughout his career. This collection explores how Heaney creates his own mythic outlook through multiple mythic lenses, drawing...

W.B. Yeats PoemsA selection of poems by one of Ireland's most celebrated poets, introduced and contextualised by Seamus Heaney.This collection offers an accessible introduction to the life and work...

William Wordsworth PoemsA collection of poems by one of England's most celebrated Romantic poets, William Wordsworth. First published in 2005, this edition brings together some of his most famous...

The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables is a poignant and powerful poem by Robert Henryson, one of Scotland's greatest makars. Written in Lowland Scots, this narrative explores the frailty and...

This Strange Loneliness: Heaney's Wordsworth explores the profound influence of William Wordsworth on Seamus Heaney's poetry. Through an in-depth analysis of archival materials and uncollected poems,...

A hardback reprint of the 2014 Irish Pages issue on Seamus Heaney brings together 54 contributors from Ireland, Britain, the United States and further afield to celebrate his life and work. This...

Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf is a faithful rendering of the Anglo-Saxon poem, composed towards the end of the first millennium. This epic poem is a cornerstone of European literature, and...

Seamus Heaney's Field Work is a poignant and powerful collection of poetry that explores the human experience. At its heart lies a sequence of sonnets that grapple with fundamental questions of...

Seamus Heaney's 100 Poems is a comprehensive and intimate collection of his work, featuring a broad range of poems from his entire career. Chosen and introduced by the Heaney family, this edition...

Death has been a muse for modern poets, and Jahan Ramazani explores this fascination in his study of the elegy. From Langston Hughes's lynch poems to Sylvia Plath's father elegies, poetry has sought...

Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Daniel Donoghue This Norton Critical Edition brings together a rich collection of resources to help you understand the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. The edition...

A Shared Home Place by Seamus Mallon and Andy Pollak is a memoir that offers a unique perspective on Northern Ireland's complex history. Written by one of the region's most prominent Catholic...

This two-volume anthology celebrates four centuries of English poetry, from the Elizabethan era to the present day. Spanning poets from Blake to Heaney, it offers an excellent portrayal of eighteenth...

The Redress of Poetry Oxford Lectures by Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney's collection of poetry lectures explores the power of language and the human experience. In this work, he reflects on the art of...

Seamus Heaney's new collection explores the connections between people and the passing of time. In poems that reflect on memory and tradition, he examines how we are linked to one another and to our...

Seamus Heaney's New Selected Poems brings together a selection of his most celebrated work from each of his published collections up to 1987. This collection showcases Heaney's unique ability to...

Seamus Heaney's Opened Ground Poems 1966-1996 is a comprehensive collection of his work, offering a generous selection from each of the volumes represented here. This revised edition replaces his...

Seamus Heaney's debut collection, Death of a Naturalist, showcases his lyrical and descriptive powers with remarkable effect.The poems in this volume explore the natural world, revealing the...

Seamus Heaney's Seeing Things is a thought-provoking collection of poems that explore the complexities of human experience. The title poem, and many others in this volume, demonstrate Heaney's...

Seamus Heaney's Poems, 1965-1975 is a collection of nearly all his poems from his first four collections: Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out and North. This volume showcases...

The Government of the Tongue: 1986 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures and Other Critical WritingsSeamus Heaney's critical essays offer insightful analysis of poetry by masterful poets, demonstrating his...

Seamus Heaney's The Spirit Level is a collection of poems that explore the search for balance and buoyancy in various aspects of life. Through his characteristic fluidity and truthfulness, Heaney...

Seamus Heaney's first collection of prose, Preoccupations, explores his early life and coming of age in Belfast. This selection of essays delves into the poet's interests in 20th-century literature,...

Seamus Heaney's Poems Volume One is a deeply personal and ambitious work, marking a significant step towards maturity in his poetry. This collection showcases Heaney's exploration of the human...

Seamus Heaney's Death of a Naturalist is a powerful and evocative first collection of poetry that explores the complexities of childhood and identity. Written in 1966, this seminal work won several...

Station Island is a deeply personal and introspective work by Seamus Heaney, exploring the growth of a poet's mind through a narrative sequence set on an island steeped in history and myth.The poem...

Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid brings to life Virgil's epic poem as Aeneas journeys into the underworld. This pivotal moment in the poem has been a constant presence in Heaney's...

Talking With Poets: Interviews with Robert Pinsky, Seamus Heaney, Philip Levine, Michael Hofmann, and David Ferry. This collection of interviews offers an intimate look at the minds of five...

Seamus Heaney's second collection of poems, Poems Volume One, was first published in 1969. His precise and thoughtful poetry is evident throughout this work, showcasing his unique musicality...

Seamus Heaney's 100 poemas is a definitive collection of his work, showcasing his extensive range and poetic legacy. After years of preparation, the poet passed away without completing the selection,...

Seamus Heaney's translation of Sophocles' Antigone is a masterful reimagining of this ancient Greek tragedy. In this version, Heaney brings his own unique voice to the timeless story of conflict and...

Seamus Heaney's 100 Poems is a personal selection of poems from across his entire body of work, chosen to serve as an introduction for new readers. This comprehensive collection draws on his first...

Seamus Heaney's Beowulf A New Verse Translation is an elegiac narrative about a Scandinavian hero who saves his people from monsters and faces his own mortality.The poem explores the encounter with...

Seamus Heaney's Sweeney Astray is a rich and evocative translation of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibhne. The poem tells the story of Mad Sweeney, a king cursed by a saint and transformed into a...

Seamus Heaney's Selected Poems 1988-2013 is a collection of his most celebrated work from the late period of his career. This new edition brings together the finest poems from various collections,...

Seamus Heaney's New Selected Poems 1988-2013 offers an in-depth look at the poet's later work, spanning from his groundbreaking volume Seeing Things (1991) to his final publications. This collection...

Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf is now paired with over 100 full-page illustrations, bringing the epic poem to life in a way that was previously challenging for modern readers.John D. Niles, a...

Seamus Heaney's Selected Poems 1966-1987 brings together the poet's most groundbreaking work from his early career. Arranged by the author himself, this collection includes seminal poems that marked...

Sweeney Astray: A Version from the IrishSeamus Heaney's poetic translation of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibne, this collection tells the story of Mad Sweeney's purgatorial adventures after being...

Seamus Heaney's Beowulf: A New Verse Translation is a masterful reimagining of the Anglo-Saxon epic. Composed over a thousand years ago, this poem tells the story of Beowulf, a hero who battles...

Seamus Heaney's North Poems is a collection of poetry that explores the Irish experience through the lens of Northern European history and culture. The poems offer a powerful vision of Ireland, its...

Seamus Heaney's Beowulf A New Verse Translation brings together two iconic works: the 7th-century poem and its modern translation. This edition presents the narrative in tandem, allowing readers to...

Northern Irish Poetry and Theology explores how theology influences subjectivity, language, and poetic form. This book presents original studies of three renowned poets: Seamus Heaney, Michael...

Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes have curated an eclectic selection of poems that have shaped their own understanding of poetry. This collection brings together a range of voices, from those who are...

Seamus Heaney's prose collection, Finders Keepers, gathers his essays and lectures from three decades, exploring the poet's relationship to his own voice, place, heritage, and the contemporary world...

The Word Exchange: Anglo Saxon Poems in TranslationA collection of 123 all-new translations by seventy-four celebrated poets, including Seamus Heaney and Billy Collins. This authoritative bilingual...

Seamus Heaney's latest collection begins with a stark image: 'in an age of bare hands and cast iron'. As he navigates the complexities of our modern world, the poet draws upon his own experiences to...

The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney's verse translation of Sophocles' great tragedy, Antigone. Commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004, this work brings together...

Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles's Philoctetes tells the story of a wounded hero marooned on an island by his own people during the Siege of Troy. As the conflict reaches its climax, the Greeks...

Electric Light explores the intersections of past and present, tradition and innovation. This collection weaves together fragments of classical wisdom with personal reflections on memory and identity...

This introduction to contemporary poetry explores the challenges faced by poets in recent years. From new forms of publication to innovative styles and themes, this book examines the ways in which...

The Field Day Theatre Company has been a significant presence in Irish cultural and intellectual life since its founding in 1980. This company was established by a group of prominent Irish artists as...

Strange Likeness explores how twentieth-century poets rediscovered Old English and incorporated its influence into their work. This comprehensive study examines the stylistic debts to Old English in...

This collection of reflections explores how war and revolution influenced the lives of Irish writers from WWI to the Northern Troubles.From W.B. Yeats to William Trevor, Gerald Dawe examines the...

Ruth Padel's 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem offers a unique perspective on the art of poetry interpretation. This comprehensive anthology presents a poem for every week of the year, accompanied by an...

Field Days: An Anthology of Poetry brings together the work of over ninety poets, exploring our relationship with the land and the partnership between humankind and nature. This collection raises...

A collection of words to comfort in troubled times. This anthology brings together poems from some of Ireland's most respected poets, including Seamus Heaney, Brendan Kennelly, Emily Dickinson and...

The Haw Lantern This collection of poems explores the theme of loss, including a celebrated sonnet sequence concerning the poet's mother. Meditations on the conscience of the writer and exercises in...

Mistaken Identities explores the complex relationships between poetry and politics in Northern Ireland. This thought-provoking study examines the work of key writers, including Seamus Heaney, Tom...

Homer's Odyssey is one of the most celebrated works of Western literature. This translation by Robert Fitzgerald is widely regarded for its clarity and poetic flair, earning praise from George...

Beautifully illustrated stories from Irish mythology come alive in this enchanting collection. Featuring stunning colour illustrations by P.J. Lynch and a previously unpublished poem by Seamus...

Acquainted with the Night: Psychoanalysis and the Poetic Imagination by Hamish Canham explores the connection between poetry and psychoanalytic ideas. Both disciplines focus on the precise meanings...

All the Prayers in the House by Miriam Nash is a powerful and imaginative collection of poetry that explores the complexities of human relationships. Shifting between different forms and styles, the...

Aoibhin Garrihy's collection of poetry, Every Day is a Fresh Beginning, offers a powerful and uplifting reading experience. The book brings together a range of verses from classic and contemporary...

W.B. Yeats: A Master of World Literature W.B. Yeats was a towering figure in 20th-century literature, and this collection of his poetry is a testament to his enduring influence. Edited by Seamus...

Lucid and elegant analysis of three poets' styles. Helen Vendler's 1994 Richard Ellman Lectures explore the motives behind poets' dramatic breaks from their earlier styles, examining the interplay of...

Growlery conjures a world in disarray, where civic tensions simmer and the boundaries between city and country blur. Katherine Horrex's debut collection reimagines the concept of internal space in a...

Going Back brings together a diverse range of voices and perspectives in a unique anthology. The collection features extracts from notable writers, including Richard Russo, Claire Vaye Watkins,...

The Explorer and Other Stories showcases the quietly strange and unsettling short fiction of Finnish writer Jyrki Vainonen. Translated with clarity by J. Robert Tupasela, Anna Volmari, and Hilde...

A delightful collection of poetry from over eighty of the world's favourite poets, spanning centuries and themes. This new hardback edition features verses by leading lyricists such as Burns, Keats,...

Stephen C. Pollock's Exits Selected Poems is a poignant collection that explores the beauty and fragility of life, drawing inspiration from the natural world. With its musical and multilayered poems,...

A comprehensive collection of villanelles brings together some of the most celebrated and innovative poems in this intricate poetic form. With its unique rhyme scheme and pattern of repeating lines,...

The Heart's Time is a collection of 40 poems, one for each weekday of Lent and Easter, offering a daily reflection on the spiritual journey. Janet Morley provides thoughtful commentary on a diverse...

W.H. Auden's poetry has played a significant role in shaping modern poetry since its inception in the 1920s. This collection, published in 2001, brings together some of his most notable works. As...

Don't Ask Me What I Mean is a unique collection of essays by British poets, offering an insightful look at the last fifty years of poetry in Britain.Featuring contributions from some of the most...

Alex Wong's debut collection Poems Without Irony is a diverse and experimental work that explores the tensions between natural and artificial language. This shortlisted collection for the Seamus...

Landscape and Literature by Stephen Siddall explores how landscape has been represented in literature. This introduction to the topic covers key aspects such as pastoralism, city versus country...

The Famine in Irish Literature explores the profound impact of Ireland's Great Hunger on the country's literary heritage. From William Carlton's The Black Prophet to contemporary works by Patrick...

George Mackay Brown was a complex figure, both in his personal life and as a writer. A prolific poet, novelist, and short story master, he had a wide international reputation despite rarely leaving...

Christian Wiman's He Held Radical Light explores the complex relationships between art and faith, death and fame, heaven and oblivion. This moving meditation is a love letter to poetry, filled with...

This book explores the concept of spectatorship in literature and the visual arts, examining their similarities and differences and discussing their implications for teaching.Michael Benton considers...

Paul Muldoon's Contemporary Irish Poetry brings together substantial selections from ten of the most impressive post-war poets. This collection seeks to establish a canon of Irish poetry since the...

Shirley Lau Wong's Poetics of the Local Globalization, Place, and Contemporary Irish Poetry explores how Irish poets have responded to Ireland's transformation in light of global forces. The book...

A diverse collection of 190 poems by 133 poets is presented in this anthology. Poems from both sides of the Atlantic are featured, alongside established favourites such as Tennyson's "The Song of the...

Twentieth-century Poetry From Text to Context explores how poetry can be understood and interpreted. This collection of essays examines various aspects of poetry, including its relationship with...

Carol Ann Duffy's Empty Nest brings together 99 poems that explore the complex bond between parent and child. As our children grow and leave home, we're left to navigate the changing dynamics of...

Claire Askew's first full collection, This Changes Things, explores the lives and experiences of women who are often overlooked. Her poems focus on the complexities of empathy and the limits of...

The Finest Music Early Irish Lyrics by Maurice Riordan is a collection of timeless and modern-day renditions of Ireland's rich literary heritage. This anthology brings together iconic poems from both...