October 2016 Academic & Specialist Edinburgh University Press

Seamus Heaney: An Introduction Richard Rankin Russell

Seamus Heaney: An Introduction
Richard Rankin Russell


This study will enable readers to gain clearer understanding of the life and major works of Seamus Heaney. It considers literary influences on Heaney, ranging from English poets such as Wordsworth, Hughes, and Auden to Irish poets such as Kavanagh and Yeats to world poets such as Virgil and Dante.