"Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and post cards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. Seamus was not only a master of English prose and poetry, he was highly skilled in the art of writing letters. However, this volume does not include complete letters addressed to Seamus Heaney. From the very vast correspondence addressed to him we will be quoting specific lines or paragraphs that will give us a picture of the character and modes of thinking of the person who is rightly regarded as one of the greatest poets of our generation. It is on the basis of these letters that we attempt to create a portrait of Seamus Heaney. The letters are not what one would call finished compositions. They all exhibit personal feelings. There is exaggerated gossip in them, but they very successfully tell us what a high-minded man Seamus Heaney was"--
Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and postcards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. The author has selected fragments of this vast correspondence to show how we can see the the man in these letters.
«An admirable undertaking, as impressive for its scholarship as its sympathy. Heaney is presented here at the centre of a worldwide network of correspondents, and what emerges is a vivid sense of both the great writer and the living man.»
(Seamus Perry, Fellow of Balliol College and Tutor in English Literature, Professor of English, University of Oxford)
«I just finished reading it. I found it very touching; Heaneys influence on such a wide circle of correspondents comes through with great force.»
(Professor Marc Mulholland, Senior Tutor, St Catherines College, Oxford)
Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and postcards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. He was not only a master of English prose and poetry, but was also highly skilled in the art of writing letters.
The author has selected fragments and parts of this vast correspondence to show how we can see the portrait of the man himself from the way in which he interacted with others.
Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and postcards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. The author has selected fragments of this vast correspondence to show how we can see the the man in these letters.
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