{"product_id":"finders-keepers-selected-prose-1971-2001-paperback","title":"Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of the best of three decades of writing about poetry, a celebration of the tenacious curiosity (Los Angeles Times) of the Nobel laureate\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether autobiographical, topical, or specifically literary, these writings circle the central preoccupying questions of Seamus Heaney's career: How should a poet properly live and write? What is his relationship to his own voice, his own place, his literary heritage, and the contemporary world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with a selection from Heaney's three previous collections of prose (\u003ci\u003ePreoccupations, The Government of the Tongue, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Redress of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e), the present volume includes a rich variety of pieces not previously collected in books, ranging from formal lectures to radio commentaries about the rural Ireland of his childhood to illuminating reviews of his contemporaries. In its soundings of a wide range of poets--Irish and British, American and Eastern European, predecessors, fellows, and successors--\u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e becomes, as its title heralds, an announcement of both excitement and possession.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include \u003ci\u003eOpened Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDistrict and Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e. Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the most important Irish poet since Yeats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762302910752,"sku":"9780374528782","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/732b5099665a4ee7874c020360f705d9.webp?v=1780219080","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/finders-keepers-selected-prose-1971-2001-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}