This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to and including the Whitbread prize-winning collection,The Haw Lantern (1987).'His is'close-up'poetry - close up to thought,to the world,to the emotions. Few writers at work today,in verse or fiction,can give the sense of rich,fecund,lived life that Heaney does.'John Banville'More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world is not outside,but what we are made of.'John Carey
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571143726Number of pages: 256Weight: 316 gDimensions: 225 x 180 x 20 mmEdition: Main
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney's passing in 2013 robbed the literary world of one of its most profound and learned voices. Born in 1939 in Northern Ireland,Heaney began publishing poetry whilst lecturing in Belfast in the 1960s,later moving to Dublin where he resided under his death.
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