Seamus Heaney

Seamus and Mark discuss the life and work of Seamus Heaney, whose first collection, Death of Naturalist, established him immediately as a leading poetic voice in world in which modernism seemed to have run its course. They look at how his work draws extensively on his childhood, its use of poetic sounds to bind him to his native ground, its intricate engagement with myth, and his questioning of what sort of poetry is appropriate for someone in his social and historical moment. Further reading on Heaney in the LRB: Poems and essays by Heaney https://lrb.me/heaneyheaneypod Colin Burrow https://lrb.me/burrowheaneypod Michael Hofmann https://lrb.me/hofmannheaneypod Stephanie Burt https://lrb.me/burtheaneypod Patrick McGuiness https://lrb.me/mcguinessheaneypod Ian Hamilton https://lrb.me/hamiltonheaneypod