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Heaney (Field Work and Preoccupations) draws on the culture of his native Ireland for this collection. Included are short lyrical verses, a long poem in which Heaney confronts ghosts from his past, and a piece about seventh century Ulster King Sweeney. PW called the book "striking." December... read more

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First Sentence

There we were in the vaulted tunnel running,

Authors & Contributors

  1. Seamus Heaney (Author)

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  1. irish
  2. literature and poetry
  3. poetry 
 

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