| The Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney Contributor(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521838827 ISBN-13: 9780521838825 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: An up-to-date overview of Heaney's career thus far, with detailed readings of all his major publications. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2008040775 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 262 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seamus Heaney is a unique phenomenon in contemporary literature, as a poet whose individual volumes (such as his Beowulf translation, and individual volumes of poems such as Electric Light and District and Circle) 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard: - Bernard O'Donoghue is Fellow of Wadham College and University Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford. |