LEADER 03628nam 2200469 450 001 9910792838903321 005 20230808201842.0 010 $a1-4744-0168-6 010 $a1-4744-0167-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474401678 035 $a(CKB)3710000001156178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5011298 035 $a(DE-B1597)614429 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474401678 035 $a(OCoLC)1301547780 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001156178 100 $a20171004h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSeamus Heaney $ean introduction /$fRichard Rankin Russell 210 1$aEdinburgh, [Scotland] :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (308 pages) 311 $a1-4744-0165-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tLegend -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1 Life and Contexts -- $tChapter 2 Burrowing and Bogs: Early Poems, Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out, North -- $tChapter 3 Reading the Ground and the Sky: Field Work, Station Island, The Haw Lantern -- $tChapter 4 Radiance: Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Electric Light -- $tChapter 5 Return: District and Circle, Human Chain, and Late Uncollected Poetry -- $tChapter 6 Prose, Drama, and Translations -- $tPrimary Works by Seamus Heaney -- $tAnnotated Bibliography of Selected Critical Books, Book Chapters, Interviews, and Essay Collections -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aThe first detailed introduction to the entirety of Seamus Heaney?s workThis 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.Key FeaturesIncludes sections on biography, historical, cultural and political contexts, poetry and other genres, as well as a concluding section on primary works and secondary criticismPays special attention to the marriage of form and content in the poetry and how they work together to express subtle shades of meaningOffers close readings of Heaney's canonical poems throughout his career, including the early seminal poems such as Digging, the ?bog poems?, and his many elegies, such as Casualty, Station Island, and ClearancesDraws on drafts of the poems and prose at the Heaney archives at Emory University and the National Library of Ireland 606 $aEnglish literature$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism 607 $aIreland$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a821/.914 700 $aRussell$b Richard Rankin$01566875 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792838903321 996 $aSeamus Heaney$93837817 997 $aUNINA