North: Poems

by Seamus Heaney

Book Overview

In North Seamus Heaney found a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland - its people, history and landscape. Here the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057110813X
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 73 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Mystic poems from the Celtic-Nordic Axis

These poems connect the twenty first century reader with the Celtic past of Ireland, in a unique way: through the experience of the marauding Vikings. Wonderful poems with a mythic edge. Heaney is fantastic. Fans of Heaney's Beowulf translation will find a great introduction to his work here in this accessible group of poems.

Great Poems

I don't know much about poetry, but as a fan of Irish culture, I decided to pick up this small collection. I was moved by the images. Heaney brought the past alive. I could picture the Vikings coming up the Shannon and storming Clen McNois and other monastries. Definately recommended!