TY - BOOK AU - Russell,Richard Rankin TI - Seamus Heaney: An Introduction SN - 9781474401654 AV - PR6058.E2 Z865 2016 U1 - 821/.914 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh : PB - Edinburgh University Press, KW - English literature KW - Irish authors KW - History and criticism KW - English poetry KW - 20th century KW - Ethics in literature KW - Poetry KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Politics and literature KW - History KW - Northern Ireland KW - Religion and literature KW - Literary Studies KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The first detailed introduction to the entirety of Seamus Heaney's workThis study will enable readers to gain clearer understanding of the life and major works of Seamus Heaney. It considers literary influences on Heaney, ranging from English poets such as Wordsworth, Hughes, and Auden to Irish poets such as Kavanagh and Yeats to world poets such as Virgil and Dante. It shows how Heaney was closely attuned to poetry's impact on daily life and current events even as he articulated a convincing apologia for poetry's own life and integrity. Discussing Heaney's deep immersion in Irish Catholicism, this book demonstrates how faith influenced his belief system, poetry and politics. Finally, it also considers how deeply Heaney's artistic endeavours were intertwined with politics in Northern Ireland, especially through his embrace of constitutional nationalism but rejection of physical force republicanism.Key FeaturesIncludes sections on biography, historical, cultural and political contexts, poetry and other genres, as well as a concluding section on primary works and secondary criticismPays special attention to the marriage of form and content in the poetry and how they work together to express subtle shades of meaningOffers close readings of Heaney's canonical poems throughout his career, including the early seminal poems such as Digging, the 'bog poems', and his many elegies, such as Casualty, Station Island, and ClearancesDraws on drafts of the poems and prose at the Heaney archives at Emory University and the National Library of Ireland UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474401678 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474401678 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474401678/original ER -