The poems of Seamus Heaney

The poems of Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013

Book - 2025

"Seamus Heaney's voice is like no other--'by turns mythological and journalistic, rural and sophisticated, reminiscent and impatient, stern and yielding, curt and expansive' (Helen Vendler, The New Yorker). Published in a single volume for the first time, his collected poems are a testament to that unforgettable voice, and to the breadth and beauty of the Nobel laureate's long and brilliant career. This much-anticipated, definitive edition of Heaney's poetry encompasses all the pieces published in his lifetime--twelve standalone volumes, from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), as well as verse that appeared in pamphlets, journals, and magazines--along with the small number of poems that appeare...d after his death. Heaney's is a body of work of universal interest that resounds with the 'lyrical beauty and ethical depth' cited by the Nobel Committee; these poems 'exalt everyday miracles and the living past.' Critical 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."--

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Subjects
Irish poetry > 20th century.
English poetry > Irish authors > 20th century.
Ireland > Poetry.
Northern Ireland > Poetry.
poetry.
Poetry.
Genres
poetry
Poetry
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013 (author)
Other Authors
Rosamund Lavan, 1984- (editor), Bernard O'Donoghue, Matthew Hollis
Edition
First American edition
Physical Description
xliv, 1252 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN
9780374235239
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Archives
  • Introduction
  • A note on the text
  • Poems: Uncollected Poems (1959-1966)
  • Death of a Naturalist (1966)
  • Uncollected Poems (1966-1969)
  • Door into the Dark (1969)
  • Uncollected Poems (1969-1972)
  • Wintering Out (1972)
  • Uncollected Poems (1973-1975)
  • Stations (1975)
  • North (1975)
  • Uncollected Poems (1975-1979)
  • Field Work (1979)
  • Uncollected Poems (1979-1984)
  • Station Island (1984)
  • Uncollected Poems (1985-1987)
  • The Haw Lantern (1987)
  • Uncollected Poems (1988-1989)
  • The Cure at Troy (1990)
  • Uncollected Poems (1990-1991)
  • Seeing Things (1991)
  • Uncollected Poems (1992-1996)
  • The Spirit Level (1996)
  • Uncollected Poems (1996-2001)
  • Electric Light (2001)
  • Uncollected Poems (2001-2005)
  • District and Circle (2006)
  • Uncollected Poems (2006-2010)
  • Human Chain (2010)
  • Uncollected Poems (2010-2014)
  • Commentary
  • Appendices: I: Unpublished Poems ; Commentary
  • II: Unpublished collections in typescript
  • III: Selected editions and recordings
  • Bibliography
  • Index of first lines
  • Index of titles.
Review by Booklist Review

The Poems of Seamus Heaney is the third posthumous volume of work by the Irish Nobel laureate, following substantial selected collections of his letters and translations. Gathering together all his individual poetry books plus a capacious selection of uncollected poems, including 28 that have never been previously published, along with more than 400 pages of notes, this aspires to be scholarly and definitive. From his first book, Heaney not only secured the admiration of his readers; he also earned their trust. Writing in diction colloquial and transcendent, Heaney has written about weights and measures, scales and balancing. "Two buckets were easier carried than one. / I grew up in between." This first couplet of the third section of "Terminus," the title suggestive of the end of the line and of life, plainly states a fact about bearing up--sometimes it is easier to take on more, to become a fulcrum, to be--to use a word he uses so well--"vouchsafed" by a burden, by vocation. One can only be grateful that Heaney held up and held on as long as he did.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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