Seamus Heaney Critics Flashcards
1
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Utopia
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‘In a time of burnings and bombings, Heaney used poetry to offer an alternative world’ - Colm Toibin
2
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‘in-between’
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‘A poet of the in-between’ - Helen Vendler
3
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Inner conflict
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‘There is a sense of inner conflict’ - Elizabeth O’Reilly
4
Q
Heaney moving away from the troubles
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‘a figure finding his feet, gaining distance from problems he could not solve’ - Stephanie Burt
5
Q
From obituary
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‘Heaney’s poetry is full of broken things’ - Neil Corcoran
6
Q
The Glanmore cottage
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‘a source of poetic power’ - Neil Corcoran
7
Q
Negative tone
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‘as bleak as he is bright’ - Shaun O’Connell
8
Q
Collection
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‘the poet’s most personal, direct and even collection to date’ - David Lloyd
9
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Nature + poetry (Sheers and Heaney)
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‘view nature and writing together’ - Richard Robinson
