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Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose, 1978-1987

by Seamus Heaney

ISBN13: 9780374165789
ISBN10: 0374165785
Condition: Standard
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In this volume of critical essays, Seamus Heaney scrutinizes the poetry of many masterful poets. Throughout the collection, Heaney's gifts as a wise and genial reader are exercised with characteristic exactness, and we are reminded, above all, of the essentially gratifying nature of poetry itself.

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Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His most recent translations are Beowulf and Diary of One Who Vanished. His most recent collection of poems is Opened Ground.

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ISBN:: 9780374165789
Subtitle:: Selected Prose, 1978-1987
Author:: Heaney, Seamus
Publisher:: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Location:: New York :
Subject:: American poetry
Subject:: Poetry, modern
Subject:: English poetry
Subject:: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Subject:: General Fiction
Edition Number:: 1st American ed.
Edition Description:: Trade paper
Series Volume:: map I-1632
Publication Date:: 19900601
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 225
Dimensions:: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.449 in 0.575 lb

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