death of a naturalist context Flashcards
1
Q
who wrote ‘Death of a Naturalist’
A
Seamos Heaney
2
Q
what is Heaney’s nationality and what year was he born and died
A
Irish poet - born in the town land of Tamnarian in North Ireland
1939-2013
3
Q
appart from being a poet, what else did he also work as
A
a playwright and a translator
4
Q
who died that was related to Heaney
A
his brother
5
Q
what does Heaney connect landscape and the rural with personal memories and Irish history with
A
Irish conflict and ugly, tribal violence
6
Q
what does Heaney respond to in the poem
A
Post-Romantic response to nature and the natural world becomes part of cultural life
