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Seamus Heaneyâs American Odyssey describes, with a new archive of correspondence, interviews, and working drafts, the some 40 years that Seamus Heaney spent in the United States as a teacher, lecturer, friend, and colleague, and as an active poet on the reading circuit. It is anchored by Heaneyâs appointments at Berkeley and Harvard, but it also follows Heaneyâs readings âœon the roadâ at three important points in his career. It argues that Heaney was initially receptive to American poetry and culture while his career was still plastic, but as he developed more assurance and fame, he became much more critical of America as a superpower, especially in the military reaction to 9/11. This study emphasizes âœthe heard Heaneyâ as much as the âœwriterly Heaneyâ by listening in on key poetry readings at different times and to recorded but unpublished lectures on American and British poets at Harvard. It includes accounts by his creative writing students, aspiring poets, who testif

Seamus Heaneyâs American Odyssey

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 8/26/2024
      ISBN-13 9781032213736
      978-1032213736
      ISBN-10 1032213736
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      Book Synopsis

      Seamus Heaneyâs American Odyssey describes, with a new archive of correspondence, interviews, and working drafts, the some 40 years that Seamus Heaney spent in the United States as a teacher, lecturer, friend, and colleague, and as an active poet on the reading circuit. It is anchored by Heaneyâs appointments at Berkeley and Harvard, but it also follows Heaneyâs readings âœon the roadâ at three important points in his career. It argues that Heaney was initially receptive to American poetry and culture while his career was still plastic, but as he developed more assurance and fame, he became much more critical of America as a superpower, especially in the military reaction to 9/11. This study emphasizes âœthe heard Heaneyâ as much as the âœwriterly Heaneyâ by listening in on key poetry readings at different times and to recorded but unpublished lectures on American and British poets at Harvard. It includes accounts by his creative writing students, aspiring poets, who testif

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