{"product_id":"selected-poems-1966-1987-paperback","title":"Selected Poems 1966-1987 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween my fingers and my thumb\u003cbr\u003eThe squat pen rests.\u003cbr\u003eI'll dig with it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Poems 1966-1987\u003c\/i\u003e assembles the groundbreaking work of the first half of Seamus Heaney's extraordinary career. This edition, arranged by the author himself, includes the seminal early poetry that struck readers with the force of revelation and heralded the arrival of an heir to Gerard Manley Hopkins, W. B. Yeats, and Robert Frost.\u003cbr\u003e Helen Vendler called Heaney a poet of the in-between, and the work collected here dwells in the borderlands dividing the ancient and the contemporary, the mythic and the quotidian. Gathering poetry from his first seven collections, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems 1966-1987\u003c\/i\u003e presents the young man from County Derry, Northern Ireland, who emerged from a hidden, a buried life in \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Naturalist \u003c\/i\u003e(1966), with his cherished poems Digging and Mid-term Break; the poet of conscience as bleak as he is bright in Whatever You Say Say Nothing and Singing School; and the astonishingly gifted, mature craftsman behind \u003ci\u003eField Work \u003c\/i\u003e(1979) and \u003ci\u003eStation Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1984)--an artist uncannily attuned to the music of what happens, restlessly searching for images and symbols adequate to our predicament.\u003cbr\u003e This volume, together with its companion \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems 1988-2013\u003c\/i\u003e, allows us to revisit the essential work of one of the great writers of our age through his own compilation.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for author Seamus Heaney\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the best descriptions of Seamus Heaney's extraordinarily rich and varied oeuvre come from the poet's own work. Mr. Heaney has created a remarkable series of poems that stay 'true to the impact of external reality' while at the same time remaining 'sensitive to the inner laws of the poet's being.'\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Having just reread most of his poems, I find myself more, not less, interested, and convinced that I have only begun to plumb their bracing depths . . . The poems stay in the mind, which is the one essential feature of major poetry.\" --Jay Parini, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heaney's commitment to the independence of his art, to the pursuit of shape and richness and abundant ambiguity, is also a profound commitment to the quality of public life . . . In a dark time, Heaney . . . has turned borders and dividing lines into rich frontiers.\" --Fintan O'Toole, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Arguably the finest poet now writing in English.\" --James Shapiro, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for author Seamus Heaney \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps the best descriptions of Seamus Heaney's extraordinarily rich and varied oeuvre come from the poet's own work. Mr. Heaney has created a remarkable series of poems that stay 'true to the impact of external reality' while at the same time remaining 'sensitive to the inner laws of the poet's being.' --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving just reread most of his poems, I find myself more, not less, interested, and convinced that I have only begun to plumb their bracing depths . . . The poems stay in the mind, which is the one essential feature of major poetry. --Jay Parini, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeaney's commitment to the independence of his art, to the pursuit of shape and richness and abundant ambiguity, is also a profound commitment to the quality of public life . . . In a dark time, Heaney . . . has turned borders and dividing lines into rich frontiers. --Fintan O'Toole, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguably the finest poet now writing in English. --James Shapiro, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762287771936,"sku":"9780374535605","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c35b5e0464b3e4ba96a179ac32d61ba3.webp?v=1780218707","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/selected-poems-1966-1987-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}