The Poems of Seamus Heaney

<p><b>Here is the definitive edition of Seamus Heaney''s poetry, with illuminating critical notes, including uncollected poems and a selection of previously unseen material.</b><br><br>This is the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney¿s poetry. It encompasses all the poems Heaney published in his lifetime as well as the small number that appeared after his death: twelve single volumes, from <i>Death of a Naturalist </i>(1966) to <i>Human Chain</i> (2010), and those poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a small selection of previously unseen material.<br><br>It is a body of work that, in its entirety, resounds with the ¿lyrical beauty and ethical depth¿ cited by the Nobel committee: poems ¿which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.¿ <br><br>Critical introductions to each collection and notes that illuminate the history and development of the poems make this the essential volume for admirers of