The Poems of Seamus Heaney
$64.98
- Hardcover
1296 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2026
Summary
‘More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world is not outside, but what we are made of.’ John Carey
This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry. It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571340385 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571340385 |
| Author: | Seamus Heaney, Bernard O'Donoghue, Dr Rosie Lavan, Matthew Hollis |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1296 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.61kg |
| Dimensions: | 62mm x 169mm x 244mm |
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Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland in 1939. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. He died in 2013.
Rosie Lavan is an Associate Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin. She is author of Seamus Heaney and Society (2020).
Bernard O’Donoghue is an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. His seventh collection of poetry, The Anchorage, was published in 2025.
Matthew Hollis is a poet, editor and biographer. He is the author of Earth House, a collection of poems, published in 2023.
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