An excellent critical analysis of Heaney's poetry, with some poems chosen from each of the early collections and thoroughly discussed. Strong arguments and exciting insights.

Seamus Heaney stands out as the clearest, most powerful voice of his generation.
In this book, Thomas C. Foster illustrates the importance of the social and political environment to Heaney's work and provides a critical overview of his career, with biographical information, chronology, bibliography. This book is the only critical study to include commentary on all of Heaney's poetry, right through to The Haw Lantern.