Rattle Bag by Seamus Heaney

Rattle Bag by Seamus Heaney

Conceived as a collection of the editors' own favourite poems, The Rattle Bag has established itself as the classic anthology of our time. Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes have brought together an inspired and diverse selection, ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries, as well as drawing upon works in translation and traditional poems from oral cultures. In effect, this anthology has transformed the way we define and appreciate poetry, and it will continue to do so for many years to come.

Seamus Heaney was born in 1939 in County Derry in Northern Ir eland. He grew up in the country, on a farm, in touch with a traditional rural way of life, which he wrote about in his first book Death of a Naturalist (1966). He attended the local school and in 1951 went as a boarder to St Columb's College, about 40 miles away in Derry (the poem 'Singing School' in North refers to this period of his life). In 1956 he went on a scholarship to Queen's University, Belfast and graduated with a first class degree in English Language and Literature in 1961. After a year as a post-graduate at a college of education, and a year teaching in a secondary modern school in Ballymurphy, he was appointed to the staff of St Joseph's College of Education. In 1966 Seamus Heaney took up a lecturing post in the English Department of Queen's University, and remained there until 1972, spending the academic year 1970-71 as a visiting Professor at the University of California in Berkeley. Show less

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ISBN 13	9780571119769
ISBN 10	057111976X
Title	Rattle Bag
Author	Seamus Heaney
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	1997-04-07
Number of pages	496
Prizes	Winner of Signal Poetry for Children Award 1983
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.