{"product_id":"seamus-heaney-poet-of-contrary-progressions-paperback","title":"Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeamus Heaney, widely considered the most gifted living poet in Ireland and Britain, is the first Irish poet since Yeats to gain an international reputation. In this remarkable study, henry Hart discusses Heaney's poems, his creative and personal situations, and his assimilation of contemporary literary theory. From Heaney's Ulster background to poetic influences as diverse as Dante and Wordsworth, Yeats and Bly, Hart offers sophisticated, lucid insights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHart argues that the best way into Heaney's poetic world is in seeking to understand him--as with Blake and Yeats--in terms of oppositions and conflicts, progressions and syntheses. At the root of all his work is a multifaceted argument with himself, with others, with sectarian Northern Ireland, with his Anglo-Irish heritage, with his Roman Catholicism, and with his Nationalist upbringing on a farm in County Derry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor each volume of poems, from \u003ci\u003eDoor into the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Haw Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e, Hart identifies and works with a specific problem in the text, while developing its intellectual and creative implications. He covers aspects as diverse as Heaney's incorporation of antipastoral attitudes in his poems, his fascination with how etymology recapitulates ancient and modern history, and apocalypticism in \u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e. Placing his trust in art's ability to confront conflicts between freedom and responsibility, between private craft and public involvement, Heaney is shown nonetheless to chastise himself for failing to have a greater impact on the situation he left behind in Northern Ireland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn pursuing the literary, religious, and political themes in his books of poetry, Hart shows that Heaney is no provincial bard, as some critics have suggested, but is as intellectually informed and astute as any postmodernist writer. Any reader of Seamus Heaney's poetry, and any poet, poetry scholar, critic of contemporary poetry, or student of Irish literature will gain much from reading this book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Hart\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at the College of William and Mary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Geoffrey Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Ship\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poems, and has published numerous articles. In 1987, he was co-winner of the \u003ci\u003eTwentieth-Century Literature's\u003c\/i\u003e annual competition for the best article in literary criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.94 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53489275339059,"sku":"9780815626121","price":39.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KVx-xDu3BA9780815626121.webp?v=1781521445","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/seamus-heaney-poet-of-contrary-progressions-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}