Poems, 1965-1975: Death of a Naturalist / Door Into the Dark / Wintering Out / North
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374516529 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This volume gathers nearly all of the poems from Heaney's first four collections: Death of a Naturalist (1966), Door into the Dark (1969), Wintering Out (1972), and North (1975).
Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats.". His poems, plays, translations, and essays include Opened Ground, Electric Light, Beowulf, The Spirit Level, District and Circle, and Finders Keepers. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
Marcia Schertz said i like them very much. i'm still reading these poems. i like them very much. I don't think of them as"quotable'' as Yeats. They're a different kind of experience. Maybe it would be better if i wrote about them at the end of the year! In the meantime, i like the language and the ima. "the best" according to Cathryn D. Kasper. A great collection- three books in one. Here is Seamus Heaney at the beginning of his writing work- a good foundation for reading what he created laters. Heaney is the master of agrarian spiritual poetry after Kavanagh Heaney is the master of agrarian spiritual poetry after Kavanagh, even though he doesn't give a fig about feminist issues. He mostly objectifies women in the most beguiling way (seriously, I'm charmed, most of the time). His descriptions of the landscape are
B. “Heaney is keyed and pitched unlike any significant poet now at work in the language, anywhere.” Harold Bloom, The Times Literary Supplement“In 1938, not a moment too soon, W. Yeats abmonished his colleagues: 'Irish poets, learn your trade.' Seamus Heaney, born the following year, has learned his trade so well that it is now a second nature wonderfully responsive to his first.” Denis Donoghue, The New York Times Book Review (front page)“His is the most striking talent to come out of Ireland since that of the late Patrick Kavanagh.” Stephen Spender“Heaney has all the primary gifts of a poet, and they are gifts put at the service of a constant meditation on primary themes, on nature and history and moral choice.” John Gross, The New York Times