Field Work

seamus heaney

At the centre of this collection, which includes groups of elegies and love poems, there is a short sonnet sequence which concentrates themes apparent elsewhere in the book; the individual's responsibility for his own choices, the artist's commitment to his vocation, the vulnerability of all in the face of circumstance and death.

Genres poetryirelandirish literaturefictionliterature20th centuryclassicsnaturenobel prizeschool

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1979

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Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Published: January 10, 1998 by Faber \u0026 Faber
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Language: English

About the author

seamus heaney

Works of Irish poet Seamus Justin Heaney reflect landscape, culture, and political crises of his homeland and include the collections Wintering Out (1972) and Field Work (1979) as well as a translation of Beowulf (1999). He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995.

This writer and lecturer won this prize "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past."

Heaney on Wikipedia.