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An assessment of Heaney's poetry and prose, tracing his ""contrary progressions"" through phases of affirmation and despair. Hart explores Heaney's work from the 1960s to ""The Haw Lantern"", seeking in the poems those elements and traits that Heaney allusively indicates in his prose.

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Beautifully written, full of insights, and well argued. The most challenging of recent studies, Hart’s rich exploration of Heaney’s poetry and prose from the 1960s through The Haw Lantern aims to reveal the seamlessness of Heaney’s achievement by seeking in the poems those elements and traits that Heaney allusively indicates in his prose. In their lifetimes few poets inspire the kind of meticulous, full-scale study that henry hart has produced . . . Individual poems are enriched and illuminated. . . . Offers many valuable perspectives on its subject.

Seamus Heaney Poet of Contrary Progressions

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 9/30/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815626121, 978-0815626121
      ISBN10: 0815626126

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      Book Synopsis
      An assessment of Heaney's poetry and prose, tracing his ""contrary progressions"" through phases of affirmation and despair. Hart explores Heaney's work from the 1960s to ""The Haw Lantern"", seeking in the poems those elements and traits that Heaney allusively indicates in his prose.

      Trade Review
      Beautifully written, full of insights, and well argued. The most challenging of recent studies, Hart’s rich exploration of Heaney’s poetry and prose from the 1960s through The Haw Lantern aims to reveal the seamlessness of Heaney’s achievement by seeking in the poems those elements and traits that Heaney allusively indicates in his prose. In their lifetimes few poets inspire the kind of meticulous, full-scale study that henry hart has produced . . . Individual poems are enriched and illuminated. . . . Offers many valuable perspectives on its subject.

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