OXFORD LECTURES. THE REDRESS OF POETRY

Heaney, Seamus

Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1995

About this Item

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. Seller Inventory # 27730

Bibliographic Details

Title: OXFORD LECTURES. THE REDRESS OF POETRY

Publisher: Faber and Faber, London

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition.