The Letters of Seamus Heaney
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Every now and again I need to get down here, to get into the Diogenes tub, as it were, or the Colmcille beehive hut, or the Mossbawn scullery. At any rate, a hedge surrounds me, the blackbird calls, the soul settles for an hour or two.
In this astute selection from Seamus Heaney’s vast correspondence, we are given direct access to the life and poetic development of a literary titan, from his early days in Belfast, through his controversial decision tosettle in the Republic, to the gradual broadening of horizons that culminated in the award of the Nobel Prize and the years of international eminence that kept him heroically busy until his death.
Christopher Reid draws from both public and private archives to reveal this remarkable story in the poet’s own words. Generous, funny, exuberant, confiding, irreverent, empathetic and deeply thoughtful, the letters encompass decades-long relationships with friends and colleagues, as well as an unstinted responsiveness to passing acquaintances.
Heaney’s mastery of language is as evident here as it is in any of his writing; listening to his voice we find ourselves in the same room as a man whose presence enriched the world and whose legacy deepens our sense of what truly matters
In this astute selection from Seamus Heaney’s vast correspondence, we are given direct access to the life and poetic development of a literary titan, from his early days in Belfast, through his controversial decision tosettle in the Republic, to the gradual broadening of horizons that culminated in the award of the Nobel Prize and the years of international eminence that kept him heroically busy until his death.
Christopher Reid draws from both public and private archives to reveal this remarkable story in the poet’s own words. Generous, funny, exuberant, confiding, irreverent, empathetic and deeply thoughtful, the letters encompass decades-long relationships with friends and colleagues, as well as an unstinted responsiveness to passing acquaintances.
Heaney’s mastery of language is as evident here as it is in any of his writing; listening to his voice we find ourselves in the same room as a man whose presence enriched the world and whose legacy deepens our sense of what truly matters
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