Description:
In this book, originally published in 1982, Blake Morrison identifies the central characteristics of his achievement, uncovering the sources of Heaney's poems, placing his work within both Irish and Anglo-American traditions and explaining his poetry's complex relation to the political troubles in Northern Ireland.
Review Quotes:
Original Review of Seamus Heaney:
'His book is a model of what this kind of introduction ought to be: informative, lucid, unposturing, very good at the difficult art of choosing passages for quotation, skilful in explaining occasional obscurities without intrusive exegetical fuss, and sensitive and authoritative in judgment.' The Times Literary Supplement