Traces the development of this Irish poet, showing how his poems arise from involvement with the people of his native Northern Ireland. Selected poems are read against a background of the urban violence of Ulster. Ultimately, Heaney says, the violence will continue as long as the people retain their secure mythologies and refuse to take the responsibility for changing their lives.
"Traces the development of this Irish poet, showing how his poems arise from involvement with the people of his native Northern Ireland. Selected poems are read against a background of the urban violence of Ulster. Ultimately, Heaney says, the violence will continue as long as the people retain their secure mythologies and refuse to take the responsibility for changing their lives."@en
"Traces the life and development of this Irish poet, showing how his poems arise from involvement with his people, both Catholic and Protestant, in his native Northern Ireland. Explains that his poetry tells of his responsibility as a writer in the midst of communal strife."@en
"Ireland's foremost contemporary poet, Seamus Heaney, is shown at work and in thought against the background of a country torn by civil strife. Shows how his poems arise from his involvement with the people of his native Northern Ireland."@en
"Traces the life and development of the Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, showing how his poems arise from involvement with his people, both Catholic and Protestant, in his native Northern Ireland. Explains that his poetry tells of his responsibility as a writer in the midst of communal strife."@en
"Scenes of war-torn Belfast, juxtaposed with the pastoral beauty of the Irish landscape, provide the background for the development of Seamus Heaney, the poet whose works reveal the irony of human violence."
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