Seamus Heaney: A Bibliography (1959-2003) - Hardcover

This is the first attempt at a comprehensive bibliography of the published work of the poet and critic, Seamus Heaney. Compiled in accordance with principles of modern bibliographical scholarship (and with the assistance of the poet), the aim of the editors has been to list everything that Seamus Heaney has published, poetry and prose, and to provide full details of the circumstances of publication for his major works, including first print-runs, reviews, previous appearances of individual items in periodicals and newspapers and other descriptive notes. Sections also include translations, recordings, broadcasts and interviews. Aside from its importance to bibliographers, the Bibliography will be essential for students of the textual history of Seamus Heaney's work.

Rand Brandes is the Martin Luther Stevens Professor of English at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina where he teaches Modern British and Irish Literature and Creative Writing. He received his M.A. and Ph. D. from Emory University. Brandes is the recipient of two Fulbright Fellowships in Ireland; in 1993-4 he worked with Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney organizing, documenting, and preserving his manuscripts and correspondence. Along with Michael K. Durkan, he published Seamus Heaney: A Reference Guide (G.K. Hall, 1996). Brandes has published widely on Modern British and Irish writers-including D.H. Lawrence, Ted Hughes, and John Montague. In 1999 his essay: "'Letter by Strange Letter': Yeats, Heaney and the Aura of the Book," was awarded the Roger McHugh Prize for the outstanding learned essay in the past year's volume of the journal New Hibernia Review. His collection of poems, Balefires, was published by Published in Heaven Chapbook Series #77, Louisville, Kentucky. He has also lectured at the WB Yeats Summer School, Queens University Belfast, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He lives in Hickory, North Carolina with his wife Beth and son, Blake. Michael J. Durkan (d. 1996) was the Head Librarian at Swarthmore College and co-author of Sean O'Casey: A Bibliography.