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 Biography of Seamus (Justin) Heaney
13,176 words, approx. 44 pages
 [This entry was updated by Robert Buttel from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 142-165.] From the beginning critical as well as popular acclaim has greeted each volume of Seamus Heaney's poetry. Who would... summary from source:
 Biography of Seamus Justin Heaney
12,154 words, approx. 41 pages
From the beginning critical as well as popular acclaim has greeted each volume of Seamus Heaney's poetry. Who would have predicted in 1966, when his first full-length book appeared, the impact such poetry would have? It is, after all, a poetry... summary from source:
Biography of Seamus Justin Heaney
6,266 words, approx. 21 pages
The poetry of Seamus Justin Heaney (born 1939) reveals his skill with language and his command of form and technique. In his poems, Heaney balances personal, topical, and universal themes. He approaches his themes from a modest perspective, creating... 
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 Seamus Heaney Quotes
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 Seamus Justin Heaney (born 1939-04-13 ) is a Nobel Prize-winning poet of Northern Irish birth and upbringing, who now lives in the Republic of Ireland. His books are said to account for two-thirds of the sales of living poets in Britain. Sourced I...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Heaney, Seamus
432 words, approx. 1 pages(born April 13, 1939, near Castledàwson, County Londonderry, N.Ire.) Irish poet whose work is notable for its evocation of Irish rural life and events in Irish history as well as for its allusions to Irish myth. He received the Nobel Prize for... summary from source:
Heaney, Seamus (Justin)
137 words, approx. 1 pages(born April 13, 1939, near Castledàwson, County Londonderry, N.Ire.) Irish poet. After studying at Queen's University in Belfast, he became a teacher and lecturer. Appalled by the violence in his native Northern Ireland, he moved to the republic... summary from source:
 Seamus Heaney Information
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Seamus Justin Heaney (IPA: /ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. He currently lives in...
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 The Independent - London Seamus Heaney wins Nobel Prize
10/06/1995: 302 words, approx. 1 pages MARIANNE MACDONALD Arts Reporter The world learnt of the long-awaited award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Seamus Heaney yesterday - with the exception of the Irish poet himself, who was walking in Greece. His publishers, Faber and Faber, said... summary from source:
Commonweal Seamus Heaney.(Review) (book reviews)
11/06/1998: 997 words, approx. 3 pages Helen Vendler Harvard University Press, $22.95, 224 pp. Daria Donnelly Helen Vendler, the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard, and America's best-known poetry critic, has been an ardent admirer of Seamus Heaney since she first heard him read at the... summary from source:
 AP News Alice Walker placing lit papers at Emory
12/18/2007: 360 words, approx. 1 pagesPulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker is placing her literary archive at Emory University's library.The author of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Color Purple," "By the Light of My Father's Smile" and other works visits Emory every couple of years for readings and meetings with... summary from source:
The New York Observer Farrar, Straus and Giroux Leaving Union Square
7/17/2007: 448 words, approx. 2 pagesFor more than 40 years, the publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux has been the tweedy, stubborn holdout on Union Square. Even if everything around it is changing (the Amalgamated Bank building turning condo, the new glass tower going up at the corner of 14th and...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Henry Hart
8,232 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Hart determines the influence of Robert Lowell on the poems of Field Work, and praises Heaney's willingness to take risks in this volume.
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Critical Essay by John Boly
7,138 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Boly applies speech act theory to construct multiple modes of meaning and layers of reality for the main persona in Heaney's poem “Follower.”
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Interview by Seamus Heaney with Randy Brandes
6,265 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following interview, Heaney discusses his poetry, especially the poems in The Haw Lantern, as well as American poets that have influenced his work.
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%Seamus Heaney 's "The Early Purges" and "Mid Term Break"?
3,068 words, approx. 10 pages
Seamus Heaney is one of the greatest poets in recent years and often writes about his childhood. I believe this is because he is trying to understand his own childhood and how his early experiences affected him. This is evidenced in The Early Purges and Mid Term Break. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 92%Seamus Heaney - Punishment & the Mud Vision
1,847 words, approx. 6 pages
Contends that poetry has always been seen as reflecting and commenting on the society in which it is written. Discusses the extent to which Seamus Heaney uses his poetry to search into his society to examine his conscious regarding his moral behavior.
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