Seamus Heaney : an introduction / / Richard Rankin Russell

• Autore: Russell Richard Rankin
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, [Scotland] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 pages)
• Disciplina: 821/.914
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Irish authors - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland In literature
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Legend -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Life and Contexts -- Chapter 2 Burrowing and Bogs: Early Poems, Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out, North -- Chapter 3 Reading the Ground and the Sky: Field Work, Station Island, The Haw Lantern -- Chapter 4 Radiance: Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Electric Light -- Chapter 5 Return: District and Circle, Human Chain, and Late Uncollected Poetry -- Chapter 6 Prose, Drama, and Translations -- Primary Works by Seamus Heaney -- Annotated Bibliography of Selected Critical Books, Book Chapters, Interviews, and Essay Collections -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Seamus Heaney
• ISBN: 1-4744-0168-6; 1-4744-0167-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792838903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II