Seamus Heaney

In this book, originally published in 1982, Blake Morrison identifies the central characteristics of his achievement, uncovering the sources of Heaney's poems, placing his work within both Irish and Anglo-American traditions and explaining his poetry's complex relation to the political troubles in Northern Ireland.

1.Introduction 2. The Gag of Place: Death of a Naturalist and Door Into the Dark 3. The Guttural Muse: Wintering Out and Stations 4. The Ground Possessed: North 5. The Hedge-School: Field Work