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New Selected Poems 1988-2013

By Seamus Heaney
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New Selected Poems 1988-2013 offers a comprehensive view of Seamus Heaney's later work, capturing the period after his 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature. This collection includes poems from key volumes such as Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf, Electric Light, District and Circle, and Human Chain, as well as two posthumous publications, showcasing the evolution of his poetic voice through a distinguished career.
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This volume is ideal for readers interested in modern poetry, Irish literature, and fans of Seamus Heaney seeking to explore the full breadth of his work from the late 20th century to his final writings.

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New Selected Poems 1988-2013 offers the poems that Heaney himself selected from his collections Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf, Electric Light, District and Circle and Human Chain.

New Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney offers the poems that Heaney himself selected from his collections Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf, Electric Light, District and Circle and Human Chain.

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New Selected Poems 1988-2013 provides an unrivalled account of a period of work that was crowned by the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Together with its earlier, sibling volume, it completes the arc of a remarkable career.

Shortly before his death in 2013, Seamus Heaney discussed with his publisher the prospect of a companion volume to his landmark New Selected Poems 1966-1987 aimed at presenting the second half of his career, 'from Seeing Things onwards', as he foresaw it. Although he was unable to complete an edition/selection, he left behind selections that have been followed here.

New Selected Poems 1988-2013 reprints the author's chosen poems from his later years, beginning with his ground-breaking volume Seeing Things (1991), his two Whitbread Books of the Year, The Spirit Level (1996) and Beowulf (1999), and his multi-nominated, prize-winning volumes, Electric Light (2001), District and Circle (2006) and Human Chain (2010). The edition concludes with two posthumously published works.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571321728

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 422g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Seamus Heaney

About the Author

Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966 and since then he has published poetry, criticism and translations. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.District and Circle was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2006. Stepping Stones, a book of interviews by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008. In 2009 he received the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Human Chain was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection.

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