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The Haw Lantern
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Haw Lantern
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Seamus Heaney
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:64 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 131 |
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| Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571232871
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| Classifications | Dewey:821.914 |
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| Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
15 June 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Widely praised on its first publication in 1978, The Haw Lantern ventured into new imaginative territory with poems exploring the theme of loss - including a celebrated sonnet sequence concerning the death of the poet's mother - joined by meditations on the conscience of the writer and exercises in an allegorical vein.
Author Biography
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection appeared in 1966, and since then he has published poetry, criticism and translations which have established him as one of the leading poets of his generation. In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. District and Circle, his twelfth collection of poems, and his first new collection for five years is published 2006.
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