Seamus Heaney

By:

Andrew Murphy

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Writers and Their Work

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In this second edition of his popular book on Heaney, Andrew Murphy charts the trajectory of Heaney’s career as a poet and places his work within its various contexts. Seamus Heaney is one of the foremost poets of his generation and his work is highly prized by scholars and general readers alike. It is a measure of his success as a writer, and of the high-esteem in which he is held, that he has been appointed to professorships at both Harvard and Oxford and that he was, in 1995 awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The appeal of Heaney’s poetry lies in its gracefulness, its meticulous attention to the sound and structure of language, and the range of topics engaged by the poet – from the precise particularity of the local and the familial to greater political, social and cultural themes. Heaney’s poetry is seen within the framework of the Irish poetic tradition and the poet is also located within his crucial social and political context as a writer from the North of Ireland, who seeks a fruitful engagement with the conflicts affecting his homeland. Heaney emerges from this clearly written study as a complex and multi-faceted figure, passionately engaged by poetry and politics alike.

Author Biography:

Andrew Murphy is Professor of English at the University of St Andrews. He is author of Shakespeare for the People: Working-class Readers, 1800-1900 (2008), Shakespeare in Print: A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing (2003) and But the Irish Sea Betwixt us: Ireland, Colonialism, and Renaissance Literature (1999). His edited volumes include Shakespeare and Scotland (2005).

Release date NZ

August 1st, 2010

Author

Andrew Murphy

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

3rd Revised edition

Pages

Series

Writers and Their Work

ISBN-13

9780746312094

Product ID

6705775

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