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Writers on Writers11- On Seamus Heaney A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

Name: Writers on Writers11- On Seamus Heaney
Author: Roy Foster

Auteur: Roy Foster

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Roy Foster

Engels
Paperback
9780691234045
28 juni 2022
248 pagina's

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A vivid and original account of one of Ireland's greatest poets by an acclaimed Irish historian and literary biographer On Seamus Heaney , leading Irish historian and literary critic R. F. Foster gives an incisive and eloquent account of the poet and his work against the background of a changing Ireland. On Seamus Heaney

A vivid and original account of one of Ireland’s greatest poets by an acclaimed Irish historian and literary biographer

The most important Irish poet of the postwar era, Seamus Heaney rose to prominence as his native Northern Ireland descended into sectarian violence. A national figure at a time when nationality was deeply contested, Heaney also won international acclaim, culminating in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. In On Seamus Heaney, leading Irish historian and literary critic R. F. Foster gives an incisive and eloquent account of the poet and his work against the background of a changing Ireland.

Drawing on unpublished drafts and correspondence, Foster provides illuminating and personal interpretations of Heaney’s work. Though a deeply charismatic figure, Heaney refused to don the mantle of public spokesperson, and Foster identifies a deliberate evasiveness and creative ambiguity in his poetry. In this, and in Heaney’s evocation of a disappearing rural Ireland haunted by political violence, Foster finds parallels with the other towering figure of Irish poetry, W. B. Yeats. Foster also discusses Heaney’s cosmopolitanism, his support for dissident poets abroad, and his increasing focus in his later work on death and spiritual transcendence. Above all, Foster examines how Heaney created an extraordinary connection with an exceptionally wide readership, giving him an authority and power unique among contemporary writers.

Combining a vivid account of Heaney’s life and a compelling reading of his entire oeuvre, On Seamus Heaney extends our understanding of the man as it enriches our appreciation of his poetry.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 28 juni 2022
Aantal pagina's: 248
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Hoofdauteur: Roy Foster
Hoofduitgeverij: Princeton University Press

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Product breedte: 111 mm
Product lengte: 184 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 111 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 184 mm
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Categorieën: Poëzie, Bloemlezingen & Letterkunde

Literatuurwetenschap

1900 tot 2000

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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
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Taal: Engels
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