Seamus Heaney and the Language of Poetry

List of contents

Introduction: An art that knows its mind 1. English or Irish lyric? 2. 60s Heaney 3. Phonetics and feeling - from Wintering Out to Field Work 4. 70s Heaney 5. The Limbo of Lost Words - the Sweeney complex 6. Beyond the alphabet - The Haw Lantern and Seeing Things 7. Heaney's Ars Poetica - Mandelstam, Dante and The Government of the Tongue Conclusion.

About the author

Bernard O'Donoghue is a poet and academic, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Summary

Scrutinizes Heaney's language in order to examine his theory of poetry and the writer's responsibility to art and politics. The author, himself a poet, works chronologically through the poetry and discusses it in light of Heaney's writings on the appropriate language of poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard O’Donoghue, Bernard O'Donoghue, Bernard O''donoghue, O'Donoghue Bernard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138458451
• ISBN: 978-1-138-45845-1
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Poetry / Poems