Heaney not only translated classic works of Latin and Old English but also poems from a great number of ancient and modern European languages,not least translations from the Old,Middle and Modern Irish of his homeland.
The breadth and depth in evidence here is extraordinary - from monastic hymns and prayers,to the civic and familial tragedies of Sophocles and Kochanowski; from Virgil and Dante's living underworld to the stark landscapes of Sweeney's Ireland.
As editor,Marco Songzogni frames the translations with the poet's own writings on his works. Collectively these bring us closer to an understanding of the genius for interpretation and transformation that distinguished Heaney as one of the great poet-translators of all time.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571342532Number of pages: 704Weight: 1080 gDimensions: 234 x 156 x 50 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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