Seamus Heaney is a unique phenomenon in contemporary
literature, as a poet whose individual volumes such as his Beowulf
translation, and individual volumes of poems such as Electric Light
and District and Circle have been high in the bestseller lists for
decades. Since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, he has come
to be considered one of the most important English language poets
in the world. This Companion gives an up-to-date overview of his
career thus far, and of his reception in Ireland, England and
around the world. Its distinguished contributors offer detailed
readings of all his major publications, in poetry, prose and
translation. The essays further explore the central themes of his
poetry, his relations with other writers, and his prose writing.
Designed for students, this volume will also have much to interest
and inform the general reader and admirer of Heaney''s unique poetic
voice.
目錄:
1. Introduction Bernard O''Donoghue
2. Heaney''s working titles: from Advancement of Learning to
Midnight Anvil Rand Brandes
3. The context of Heaney''s reception Patrick Crotty
4. Heaney in public Dennis O''Driscoll
5. Heaney and the feminine Fran Brearton
6. Heaney and Eastern Europe Justin Quinn
7. Heaney''s classics and the bucolic Bernard O''Donoghue
8. Professing poetry: Heaney as critic David Wheatley
9. Heaney and the Irish Poetic Tradition Andrew Murphy
10. Irish influence and confluence in Heaney''s poetry Dillon
Johnston
11. Heaney and Yeats Neil Corcoran
12. Heaney''s Wordsworth and the poetics of displacement Guinn
Batten
13. Heaney, Beowulf, and the medieval literature of the north
Heather O''Donoghue
14. Crediting marvels: Heaney after 50 John Wilson Foster
Guide to further reading
Index.