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100 POEMS by HEANEY SEAMUS
Category: Poetry
A singular, accessible selection of Heaney's work, for new and younger readers and for schools - now in paperback.
100 Poems by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Selected poems from a Nobel laureateIn 100 Poems, readers will enjoy the most loved and celebrated poems, and will discover new favorites, from The Cure at Troy to Death of a Naturalist. It is a singular and welcoming anthology, reaching far and wide, for now and for years to come. Seamus Heaney ha ...Show more
100 Poems: Seamus Heaney by Seamus HEANEY
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection of poems from across the entire arc of his writing life, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers. He never managed to do this himself, and no other edition exists which has such a broad range, drawing from first to ...Show more
Aeneid Book VI by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry
The sixth book of Virgil's Aeneid, in which Aeneas travels into the underworld to meet the spirit of his father, captivated Seamus Heaney from his schooldays. It took on a special significance after his own father's death, becoming a touchstone to which he would return. His Book VI bears the fruit of a ...Show more
Aeneid: Book VI by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry
In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the impo ...Show more
Aeneid: Book VI by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry
In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the impo ...Show more
Aeneid Book VI: A New Verse Translation (Bi-Lingual Edition) by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry
A masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the century In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews ...Show more
Aeneid Book VIA New Verse Translation: Bilingual Edition by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry & Plays
A masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the centuryIn a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney’s translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil’s epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews c ...Show more
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
Category: Classic Fiction
"Beowulf", composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle ...Show more
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry
Composed towards the end of the first millennium of our era, the Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf" is a Northern epic and a classic of European literature. In this new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is true, line by line, to the original poem.