Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978

Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978 - Paperback

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Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978 - Paperback

Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978 - Paperback

by Seamus Heaney
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Book Overview

Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney's first collection of prose, Preoccupations, begins with a vivid account of his early years on his father's farm in Northern Ireland and his coming of age as a student and teacher in Belfast. Subsequent essays include critical work on Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Robert Lowell, William Butler Yeats, John Montague, Patrick Kavanagh, Ted Hughes, Geoffrey Hill, and Philip Larkin.
ISBN9780374516505
Author Seamus Heaney
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2005
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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