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Loading... Seamus Heaney and the classics : Bann Valley musesby S. J. Harrison (Editor), Helen Eastman (Editor), Fiona Macintosh (Editor)
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As a collection of papers originally given at a 2015 Oxford conference, this is the first “single volume” dedicated to Heaney’s reception of classics. It represents a wide range of perspectives: seven of the contributors work mainly in English literature (Corcoran, Falconer, Fowler, Lavan, Peter McDonald, O’Donoghue, Parker), seven in Classics and its receptions (Hall, Hardwick, Harrison, Macintosh, Marianne McDonald, Riley, Taplin) while Eastman and Pitman-Wallace offer the testimony of stage directors. In all, it is an impressive lineup of accomplished scholars of Heaney and/or of classical reception. Though neither the volume as a whole, nor its “brief introduction … attempts an overall assessment of the deep and extensive engagement with classical literature in Heaney’s poetry”, it nevertheless abundantly proves, as never before, just how extensive and abiding that engagement was on Heaney’s language, imagery, themes, and poetics.
The death in 2013 of Seamus Heaney is an appropriate point to honour the great Irish poet's major contribution to classical reception in modern poetry. This volume is wholly dedicated to this perspective on Heaney's work, focusing primarily on his fascination with Greek drama and myth and his interest in Latin poetry. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)821.914Literature English English poetry 1900- 1900-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
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