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Human Chain
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Human Chain
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Seamus Heaney
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:96 | Dimensions(mm): Height 195,Width 132 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780571269242
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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 |
1 March 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Seamus Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. Human Chain also broaches larger questions of transmission, as lifelines to the inherited past. Human Chain is Seamus Heaney's twelfth collection of poems.
Author Biography
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966 and since then he has published poetry, criticism and translations - including Beowulf - which have established him as one of the leading poets now at work. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. District and Circle was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2006. Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008. In 2009 he received the David Cohen Prize for Literature.
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