Seamus Heaney: The Making of the Poet

Synopsis of Seamus Heaney: The Making of the Poet

«Seamus Heaney: The Making of the Poet» is the critical biography of the Irish poet Seamus Heaney by Michael Parker (Palgrave Macmillan, hardcover).

Critical study of the life and work of the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, focusing on his formation as an Ulster Catholic and on the personal, literary, and political influences that marked him. Includes interviews and unpublished material, with readings of his poetry collections up to Seeing Things (1991).

First edition, published in 1993; the volume includes indexes and bibliography (pages 277-283).

For those interested in contemporary Irish poetry and in critical studies on the figure of Seamus Heaney.