The Poems of Seamus Heaney

Here is the definitive edition of Seamus Heaney''s poetry, with illuminating critical notes, including uncollected poems and a selection of previously unseen material.

This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney-s poetry. It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a small selection of previously unseen material.

It is a body of work that, in its entirety, resounds with the -lyrical beauty and ethical depth- cited by the Nobel committee: poems -which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.-

Critical introductions to each collection and notes that illuminate the history and development of the poems make this the essential volume for admirers of