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Há 5 dias · If anyone actually hits this post for advice or guidance on Seamus Heaney, I have one big thing to say: read the afterword first.Opened Ground includes Heaney's 1995 speech on winning the Nobel, "Crediting Poetry," which does a good job of explaining why he wrote poetry and the kind of poetry he tried to write.
Há 4 dias · Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth century, died in Dublin on Friday at the age of 74. Known in his native Ireland as “Famous Seamus,” Heaney was that rare writer who ...
Há 3 dias · Seamusheaneypoemsbooklet2014. Uploaded by gandghannelly. Seamus Heaney: a great and generous soul whose genius overrode fear and bigotry Heaney reconciled in himself two traditions often seen as being in irreconcilable conflict Seamus Heaney: 'a great artist and an exemplary public intellectual'. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Great poets ...
Há 4 dias · Beowulf is an anonymous Old English poem about a hero from Geatland (in modern Sweden) who travels to Denmark where he kills man-eating monsters, and who, in later life, back home in Sweden, confronts and kills a fire-breathing dragon, but dies in the effort.
Há 5 dias · In recent years, Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of two recent Beowulf movies and riveting new translations (eg. Seamus Heaney). The poem’s appeal lies in the complex depictions of its monsters, accounts of heroic bravery, and lavish portrayals of life in the Meadhall.
Há 5 dias · You’ll especially love it if you are a fan of Seamus Heaney’s translation of the Old English epic poem, but it’s thoroughly enjoyable even if you aren’t. Here’s just a little sampling of its language, which stays true to the old epic’s form but with a modern-day twist: “The rule-barons, like rhombuses, rigid but bent.
