The government of the tongue : the 1986 T.S. Eliot memorial lectures and other critical writings / Seamus Heaney
1988, First Edition. London ; Boston : Faber and Faber. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #431589
ISBN: 0571147968
Physical description; 171 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; The Interesting Case of Nero, Chekhov's Cognac and a Knocker -- The Placeless Heaven: Another Look at Kavanagh -- The Main of Light -- The Murmur of Malven -- The Poems of the Dispossessed Repossessed -- The Impact of Translation -- The Fully Exposed Poem -- Atlas of Civilization -- Osip and Nadezhda Mandelstam -- The Government of the Tongue -- Sounding Auden -- Lowell's Command -- The Indefatigable Hoof-taps: Sylvia Plath. Subjects; Heaney, Seamus 1939-2013 ; Literary collections. Heaney, Seamus 1939-2013. Eliot, T.S. (Thomas Stearns). Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. 1900-1999. Poetry, Modern 20th century History and criticism. Irish poetry 20th century History and criticism. English poetry 20th century History and criticism. American poetry 20th century History and criticism.
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