{"product_id":"on-seamus-heaney","title":"On Seamus Heaney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid and original account of one of Ireland's greatest poets by an acclaimed Irish historian and literary biographer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most important Irish poet of the postwar era, Seamus Heaney rose to prominence as his native Northern Ireland descended into sectarian violence. A national figure at a time when nationality was deeply contested, Heaney also won international acclaim, culminating in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. In \u003ci\u003eOn Seamus Heaney\u003c\/i\u003e, leading Irish historian and literary critic R. F. Foster gives an incisive and eloquent account of the poet and his work against the background of a changing Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unpublished drafts and correspondence, Foster provides illuminating and personal interpretations of Heaney's work. Though a deeply charismatic figure, Heaney refused to don the mantle of public spokesperson, and Foster identifies a deliberate evasiveness and creative ambiguity in his poetry. In this, and in Heaney's evocation of a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Agenda Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49586680693080,"sku":"9780691174372","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780691174372_77d2fe5d-7511-47bf-8d8c-13e71db7c81d.jpg?v=1777725938","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/on-seamus-heaney","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}