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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

by Seamus Heaney

The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987 Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

About the Author

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.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780374522209
Author:
Heaney, Seamus
Publisher:
Farrar Straus Giroux
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
American poetry
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Poetry, modern
Subject:
English poetry
Subject:
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Number:
Noonday Press ed.
Edition Description:
Revised
Series Volume:
01-95
Publication Date:
June 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
196
Dimensions:
8.24x5.50x.61 in. .56 lbs.

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