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Sweeney Astray: A Version from the Irish is a version of the Irish poem Buile Shuibhne written by Seamus Heaney, based on an earlier edition and translation by J. G. O'Keeffe. [2] [3] [4] The work was first published in 1983 and won the 1985 PEN Translation Prize for poetry. [5]
- Seamus Heaney
- 1983
Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's translation of the medieval Irish text Buile Suibhne, ‘The Madness of Suibhne,’ a tale in verse and prose that describes how Suibhne (Sweeney), an Ulster king, clashes with a local cleric, Rónán, and having been cursed by the cleric, goes mad during the battle of Magh Rath (modernised to Moira in Heaney's ...
Sweeney Astray is a modern version of Buile Suibhne, a medieval Irish tale about a mad king who wanders in the wilderness. The poem combines the ancient and the modern, the mythical and the personal, and showcases Heaney's mastery of language and imagination.
15 de mai. de 2021 · Sweeney astray. by. Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013. Publication date. 1984. Topics. Suibhne Geilt -- Poetry, Tales -- Northern Ireland -- Adaptations, Ireland -- History -- To 1172 -- Legends -- Poetry. Publisher. London ; Boston : Faber and Faber.
16 de ago. de 2022 · Sweeney Astray by Seamus Heaney. Publication date 1983 Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English.
16 de fev. de 2013 · Based on the earlier Irish folktale Buile Shuibhne, Seamus Heaney's Sweeney Astray tells the story of young king named Sweeney, who was cursed by a saint to become a bird. Much of the story follows Sweeney and the resulting madness endured from the transformation.
Seamus Heaney ’s latest book ‘Sweeney Astray’, a combination of verse and prose, is his version of the old Irish tale ‘Buile Suibhne’. Heaney explains that elements of the story which had...
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