Author: Heaney, Seamus
Title: Oxford Lectures. The Redress of Poetry
Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. True First Edition of this collection of lectures on poetry, given by Heaney, while he was Professor Of Poetry at Oxford. Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1995, Heaney's works are rooted in Northern Irish rural life and the ongoing civil strife in Northern Ireland. Considered one of the finest Irish poets since W.B. Yeats. Heaney's second book, Death Of A Naturalist, published in 1966, firmly established his reputation among the leading English poets with Ted Hughes, the late Poet Laureate Of England, with whom Heaney collaborated on editing two volumes of poetry. Heaney's diverse lectures illuminate the works of poets Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Elizabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin, Yeats and others, constituting Hea n ey's belief that poetry must earn its artistic keep by redressing a spiritual balance in society and functioning as a counterweight to hostile and oppressive forces in the world. 8vo. 213 pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. /Dust Jacket Included.
Keywords: LITERATURE/PROSE/POETRY/IRISH POETS/NOBEL PRIZE/. ELECTRONIC LIST, WINTER
See more books from our catalog: Electronic List TBCL
Title: Oxford Lectures. The Redress of Poetry
Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. True First Edition of this collection of lectures on poetry, given by Heaney, while he was Professor Of Poetry at Oxford. Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1995, Heaney's works are rooted in Northern Irish rural life and the ongoing civil strife in Northern Ireland. Considered one of the finest Irish poets since W.B. Yeats. Heaney's second book, Death Of A Naturalist, published in 1966, firmly established his reputation among the leading English poets with Ted Hughes, the late Poet Laureate Of England, with whom Heaney collaborated on editing two volumes of poetry. Heaney's diverse lectures illuminate the works of poets Dylan Thomas, Oscar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Elizabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin, Yeats and others, constituting Hea n ey's belief that poetry must earn its artistic keep by redressing a spiritual balance in society and functioning as a counterweight to hostile and oppressive forces in the world. 8vo. 213 pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. /Dust Jacket Included.
Keywords: LITERATURE/PROSE/POETRY/IRISH POETS/NOBEL PRIZE/. ELECTRONIC LIST, WINTER
Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
- Book number: 27730
- Book number: 27730
See more books from our catalog: Electronic List TBCL