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The Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney

Bernard O'Donoghue

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Seamus Heaney is a unique phenomenon in contemporary literature, as a poet whose individual volumes have been high in the bestseller lists for decades. Since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, he has come to be considered one of the most important English language poets in the world. This Companion gives an up-to-date overview of his career thus far, and of his reception in Ireland, England and around the world. Its distinguished contributors offer detailed readings of all his major publications, in poetry, prose and translation. The essays further explore the central themes of his poetry, his relations with other writers, and his prose writing. Designed for students, this volume will also have much to interest and inform the general reader and admirer of Heaney's unique poetic voice.

Language: English

Pages: 262

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: January 01, 2009

ISBN: 0521547555

ISBN 13: 9780521547550

The Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney

Bernard O'Donoghue

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Seamus Heaney is a unique phenomenon in contemporary literature, as a poet whose individual volumes have been high in the bestseller lists for decades. Since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, he has come to be considered one of the most important English language poets in the world. This Companion gives an up-to-date overview of his career thus far, and of his reception in Ireland, England and around the world. Its distinguished contributors offer detailed readings of all his major publications, in poetry, prose and translation. The essays further explore the central themes of his poetry, his relations with other writers, and his prose writing. Designed for students, this volume will also have much to interest and inform the general reader and admirer of Heaney's unique poetic voice.

Language: English

Pages: 262

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: January 01, 2009

ISBN: 0521547555

ISBN 13: 9780521547550

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