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"Accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right." --New York Times Book Review
"Excellent ancillary materials in this critical edition make a potentially alienating text and culture accessible and engaging." --Tim Melnarik, California State University, San Bernardino
Brief description: Seamus Heaney (1939--2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge, County Derry, he resided in Dublin until his death.