The Government of the Tongue

seamus heaney

Heaney here scrutinizes the work of several poets, British and Irish, American and European, whose work he considers might call into question the rights of poetic utterance. The author asks whether the voice of the poet should be governed, or whether it should be the governor.

Genres poetrynonfictionirish literatureirelandliteratureliterary criticism

null pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1988

This edition

Format: null pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1989 by Faber Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780571141517
ASIN: 057114151X
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.