Summary:

In this thoughtful and carefully argued book, John Desmond uncovers
Christian and transcendent elements in Seamus Heaney's poetry by
reading it through the intellectual perspectives of the well-known
poet Czeslaw Milosz and the French philosopher Simone Weil. Weil was
a powerful influence on Milosz's thought and writing; Milosz, in
turn, exercised considerable influence on Heaney's thought and
poetry. Desmond utilizes these connections in order to show the way
Weil's thought about Christianity and transcendence illuminates
Heaney's complex relationship with Christianity. Desmond's sensitive
readings of Heaney's poems through this new lens reveal previously
unexplored depths in the work of the Nobel Prize-winning poet.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 821.914 -- English poetry

Book Details:

Physical Description: 6.2"x9.2"x0.7"; 0.8 lb; 135 pages
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2009-02-15

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