W. B. Yeats: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney (Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse)

W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney

ISBN 10: 057122296X / ISBN 13: 9780571222964

Published by Faber & Faber 04/03/2004, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: W. B. Yeats: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney (Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber 04/03/2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057122296X
• ISBN 13: 9780571222964
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets in our literature.

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Dublin, and was educated in Ireland and England. He was instrumental in the development of a national Irish theatre - and in particular, the founding of the Abbey Theatre. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.

About the Authors

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Dublin and was educated in Ireland and England. He was instrumental in the development of a national Irish theatre - and in particular the founding of the Abbey Theatre. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.

Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translations which established him as the leading poet of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and twice won the Whitbread Book of the Year, for The Spirit Level (1996) and Beowulf (1999). Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; Human Chain, his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. His translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI was published posthumously in 2016 to critical acclaim, followed in 2018 by 100 Poems, a selection of poems from his entire career, chosen by his family.