Seamus Heaney

by Bloom, Harold; Mohr, Tara

• ISBN13: 9780791068168
• ISBN10: 0791068161
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub

Summary

Profiles the Irish poet, Seamus Heaney and offers analysis and critical views of his work.

Table of Contents

User's Guide	7	(1)
About the Editor	8	(1)
Editor's Note	9	(1)
Introduction	10	(8)
Biography of Seamus Heaney	18	(3)
Critical Analysis of ``North''	21	(4)
Critical Views on ``North''	25	(9)
P.R. King on Nature as Salve	25	(2)
Henry Hart on Heaney's Dismantling of Heroic Myths	27	(2)
Rand Brandes on Heaney's Connections Between Poet and Ploughman	29	(2)
Charles L. O'Neill on Heaney's Reaction to Ireland's Violence	31	(3)
Critical Analysis of ``Singing School''	34	(3)
Critical Views on ``Singing School''	37	(8)
Edna Longley on the Lack of Impact in ``Singing School''	37	(2)
Michael Molino on the Poet's Place	39	(2)
Eammon Hughes on Heaney's Struggle for Identity	41	(1)
Lucy McDiarmid on the State vs. the Poet	42	(3)
Critical Analysis of the ``Glanmore Sonnets''	45	(5)
Critical Views on the ``Glanmore Sonnets''	50	(10)
Neil Corcoran on Heaney's Reminder of Suffering	50	(2)
Deborah McLoughlin on Heaney's Trauma	52	(2)
Sidney Burris on Heaney's Wordsworthian Childhood Vision	54	(2)
Arthur E. McGuinness on Heaney's Inability to Find Peace	56	(2)
Michael Parker on Merging Traditions in the ``Glanmore Sonnets''	58	(2)
Critical Analysis of ``The Harvest Bow''	60	(3)
Critical Views on ``The Harvest Bow''	63	(8)
Sidney Burris on Heaney's Acceptance of Tradition's Symbolism	63	(1)
Tony Curtis Sees Ireland's Need for Hope	64	(2)
Henry Hart on the Poet's Relationship with His Father	66	(2)
Daniel Tobin on the Transcendent Made Knowable	68	(3)
Critical Analysis of ``Ugolino''	71	(4)
Critical Views on ``Ugolino''	75	(5)
Tony Curtis on ``Ugolino'' as Mimicking Ireland's History	75	(1)
John Hildebidle on Suffering in ``Ugolino''	76	(2)
Michael Parker on Experiences of Pain	78	(2)
Critical Analysis of ``Station Island''	80	(3)
Critical Views on ``Station Island''	83	(9)
Barbara Hardy on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Heaney's Characterizations	83	(2)
Darcy O'Brien on the Disturbance at the End of ``Station Island''	85	(1)
Michael Molino on Facing the ``Massacre''	86	(2)
Sammye Crawford Greer on the Transcendent Artistic Consciousness	88	(2)
Helen Vendler on ``Station Island'' as Presenting Varied Vocations	90	(2)
Critical Analysis of ``The Haw Lantern''	92	(2)
Critical Views on ``The Haw Lantern''	94	(6)
Helen Vendler on Heaney's Widened Gaze	94	(2)
Frances Dixon Explains the Troubles of an Examined Life	96	(1)
Daniel Tobin on Man's Growth	97	(3)
Works	100	(2)
Seamus Heaney
Works about Seamus Heaney	102	(5)
Acknowledgments	107	(2)
Index of Themes and Ideas	109

Excerpts

Seamus Heaney has been called the most important poet since Yeats. Much of his work portrays the intensity of the Irish experience. Study the poet's work with this text, including North, Singing School, Glanmore Sonnets, The Harvest Bow, Ugolino, Station Island, and The Haw Lantern.