Religious Poetry - Literary Criticism, English Poetry - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, General & Miscellaneous Irish Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism, Religion & Literature
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Overview
1995 Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, author of nine collections of poetry and three volumes of influential essays, is regarded by many as the greatest Irish poet since Yeats. Passage to the Center is the most comprehensive critical treatment to date on Heaney's poetry and the first to study Heaney's entire body of work including his two most recent volumes, Seeing Things and The Spirit Level. It is also the first to examine the poems from the perspective of religion, one of Heaney's guiding preoccupations.Editorials
Booknews
As perhaps the first to critically assess the oeuvre of the 1995 Nobel Laureate from the perspective of religion, a Heaney guiding preoccupation, Tobin (English, Carthage College) navigates nine collections of poetry<-->including the most recent, (1996)<-->with the image of a sacred grounded center amidst concerns about modern civilization's lack of such. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)From the Publisher
"World Literature TodayA valuable contribution to modern Irish literary scholarship.... Invigorating and commendable." -- Modern Language Review
"South Atlantic ReviewA thorough analysis of Heaney's oeuvre to date, one that avoids the limitations of formalism and sectarian ideology." -- Irish Studies Review
Book Details
Published
December 31, 1998
Publisher
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c1999.
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780813120836