{"product_id":"opened-ground-selected-poems-1966-1996-paperback","title":"Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs selected by the author, \u003ci\u003eOpened Ground\u003c\/i\u003e includes the essential work from Heaney's twelve previous books of poetry, as well as new sequences drawn from two of his landmark translations, \u003ci\u003eThe Cure at Troy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSweeney Astray\u003c\/i\u003e, and several previously uncollected poems. 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, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)--and this is a one-volume testament to the musicality and precision of that voice. The book closes with Heaney's Nobel Lecture: \"Crediting Poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\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 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755630756128,"sku":"9780374526788","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ae8a8272f7c4d295cce9e9340dd51203.webp?v=1780064131","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/opened-ground-selected-poems-1966-1996-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}