Seamus Heaney: A Portrait in Letters
Peter Raina
ISBN 10: 1803744898 ISBN 13: 9781803744896
Published by Peter Lang, 2024
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Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and postcards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. The author has selected fragments of this vast correspondence to show how we can see the the man in these letters.
About the Author:
Peter Raina is an historian and prolific author and commentator on some of the major figures and events in western European history and literature. His publications include a monumental six-volume History of the House of Lords Reform, and classic biographies: The Seventh Earl Beauchamp: A Victim of His Times; John Sparrow, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford; George «Dadie» Rylands: Shakespearean Scholar and Cambridge Legend; Doris Lessing – A Life Behind the Scenes; and Heinrich von Kleist: Poems.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Seamus Heaney: A Portrait in Letters
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New