{"product_id":"the-poems-of-seamus-heaney-seamus-heaney","title":"The Poems of Seamus Heaney (Seamus Heaney)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e , \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBest Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The glorious gathering-in of his achievement that is \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of Seamus Heaney,\u003c\/i\u003e edited with meticulous care and luminous clarity. . . allows us for the first time to see his dozen formal collections as only the most visible peaks in a constantly rolling range of creativity.' Fintan O'Toole, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a landmark. [and] lets us see Heaney's work, whose ripples we are still learning to navigate, for the colossal achievement it is, and it reminds us that Heaney is not only a keeper but an enricher of the word-hoard.' Philip Terry, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry. It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Naturalist \u003c\/i\u003e(1966) to \u003ci\u003eHuman Chain\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a selection of unpublished material chosen by the poet's family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a body of work that, in its entirety, resounds with the 'lyrical beauty and ethical depth' cited by the Nobel committee: poems 'which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical introductions to each collection and notes that illuminate the history and development of the poems make this the essential volume for admirers of Heaney's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Heaney's voice, by turns mythological and journalistic, rural and sophisticated, reminiscent and impatient, stern and yielding, curt and expansive, is one of a suppleness almost equal to consciousness itself.' Helen Vendler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world is not outside, but what we are made of.' John Carey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His is \"closeup\" poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse or fiction, can give the sense of rich, fecund, lived life that Heaney does.' John Banville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'These poems find - in the dowser's gift and the child's perception of the world - images of the marvellous that are also wonderfully grounded. . . Heaney is a poet who deserves to be read in entirety.' Jamie McKendrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For Heaney, there were marvels enough in this world, and never mind the next. Ordinary objects and places - a sofa, a wireless, a satchel, a gust of wind, the sound of rain - were sanctified.' Blake Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSeamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Naturalist\u003c\/i\u003e, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). \u003ci\u003eStepping Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; \u003ci\u003eHuman Chain\u003c\/i\u003e, his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. His translation of Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid Book VI \u003c\/i\u003ewas published posthumously in 2016 to critical acclaim, followed in 2018 by \u003ci\u003e100 Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection of poems from his entire career, chosen by his family.\nBernard O'Donoghue was born in Cullen, Co Cork in 1945. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, where he taught Medieval English and Modern Irish Poetry. He has published seven collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eGunpowder\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1995 Whitbread Prize for Poetry, and \u003ci\u003eThe Seasons of Cullen Church\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2016 T. S. Eliot Prize. His \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Faber in 2008. He has published a verse translation of \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin Classics, 2006), and is currently translating \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman \u003c\/i\u003efor Faber.\nMatthew Hollis was born in Norwich, UK, in 1971. \u003ci\u003eGround Water \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloodaxe Books, 2004) was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Whitbread Prize for Poetry. \u003ci\u003eNow All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber \u0026amp; Faber, 2011; W. W. Norton, 2012) won the Costa Biography Award and the H. W. Fisher Biography Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem \u003c\/i\u003e(Faber and Norton, 2022) was a book of the year in the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eEarth House \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloodaxe Books, 2023), was longlisted for the Laurel Prize for Poetry.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 1296 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65817038520669,"sku":"K098808272","price":40.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9880827200001A.jpg?v=1788596326","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-poems-of-seamus-heaney-seamus-heaney","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}