Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions

by Henry Hart

Book Overview

Seamus Heaney, widely considered the most gifted living poet in Ireland and Britain, is the first Irish poet since Yeats to gain an international reputation. In this remarkable study, henry Hart discusses Heaney's poems, his creative and personal situations, and his assimilation of contemporary literary theory. From Heaney's Ulster background to poetic influences as diverse as Dante and Wordsworth, Yeats and Bly, Hart offers sophisticated, lucid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815625367
• ISBN13: 9780815625360
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"