| The Spirit Level: Poems Contributor(s): Seamus, Heaney (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374525110 ISBN-13: 9780374525118 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: "The Spirit Level" was the first book of poems Heaney published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Reviewing this book in "The New York Times Book Review," Richard Tillinghast noted that Heaney "has been and is here for good . . . [His poems] will last. Anyone who reads poetry has reason to rejoice at living in the age when Seamus Heaney is writing." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.54" W x 8.28" (0.29 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Spirit Level was the first book of poems Heaney published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Reviewing this book in The New York Times Book Review, Richard Tillinghast noted that Heaney has been and is here for good . . . His poems] will last. Anyone who reads poetry has reason to rejoice at living in the age when Seamus Heaney is writing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heaney, Seamus: - Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include Opened Ground, Electric Light, Beowulf, The Spirit Level, District and Circle, and Finders Keepers. Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats." |