Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney’s Poetry Formed by Sacraments and the Soil of Ireland
A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.
On the 40th anniversary of Irish poet Seamus Heaney’s Nobel prize, Cambridge University Press has published Seamus Heaney and Catholicism, an in-depth study by Irish writer Gary Wade examining the Catholic faith in Heaney’s poetry.
Heaney was awarded the prize “for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.”
for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past
Heaney is known for his evocations of Irish rural life and the influence of the verse of Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, Patrick Kavanagh, and the Old English epics.
Author summary: Seamus Heaney's poetry reflects his Catholic faith.
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