Seamus Heaney in Context

This collection of essays offers a dynamic reconsideration of the places, times, and influences that made Seamus Heaney a poet.

Geraldine Higgins (Edited by)

9781107180147, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 April 2021

384 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.67 kg

'Providing background and connections that will lead to epiphanies and enthusiasm for further Heaney exploration, this volume is required for any study of the poet … Essential.' V. A. Murrenus Pilmaier, Choice Magazine

Few poets have captured the imagination of the world like Seamus Heaney. Recognized as one of the truly outstanding poets of our time, Heaney's work is both critically acclaimed and popular with the general reader. It is taught in classrooms across the globe and has been translated into more than twenty-seven languages. Presenting original research from an international field of scholars, Seamus Heaney in Context offers new pathways to explore the places, times and influences that made Heaney a poet. Drawing on newly available archival and print sources, these essays situate Heaney in a multitude of contexts that help readers navigate received ideas about his life and work. In mapping intersecting themes in the current terrain of Heaney criticism, this study also signposts new directions for understanding Heaney's poetry in future contexts.

Introduction
Part I. Mapping: 1. Scotland Patrick Crotty
2. England John McAuliffe
3. Eastern Europe Margaret Greaves
4. America Sarah Bennett
Part II. Influences and Traditions: 5. Wordsworth and romanticism Matthew Campbell
6. Thomas Hardy Ron Schuchard
7. W. B. Yeats Meg Harper
8. T. S. Eliot Stephen Regan
9. Louis MacNeice Catriona Clutterbuck
Part III. Poetics: 10. Lyric form John Redmond
11. Proper nouns Vona Groarke
12. Language Bernard O'Donoghue
13. Elegy Brendan Corcoran
14. Music Simon B. Kress
Part IV. Publishing: 15. The Belfast group Heather Clarke
16. In print Nathan Suhr-Sytsma
17. Field day Marilynn Richtarik
18. Translation Aidan O'Malley
Part V. Frameworks: 19. Catholicism Kieran Quinlan
20. Classical roots Florence Impens
21. Politics Jonathan Allison
22. Education Rosie Lavan
23. War and peace Richard Rankin Russell
Part VI. Critical Contexts: 24. The feminine Laura O'Connor
25. The third phase Kevin Whelan
26. Critical audiences Justin Quinn
27. The postcolonial Deepika Bahri
28. The Archipelago Nicholas Allen
Part VII. Legacy: 29. In public Fintan O'Toole
30. Exhibiting Heaney Geraldine Higgins
31. The archive Rand Brandes
32. Legacy Chris Morash.

Subject Areas: Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: poetry & poets [DSC], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH], Poetry by individual poets [DCF]