Hand and Foot
John Kerrigan: Seamus Heaney, 27 May 1999
Opened Ground: Poems 1966-96
by Seamus Heaney.
Faber, 478 pp., £20, September 1998,0 571 19492 3 Show More
by Seamus Heaney.
Faber, 478 pp., £20, September 1998,
The Poetry of Seamus Heaney: A Critical Study
by Neil Corcoran.
Faber, 276 pp., £9.99, September 1998,0 571 17747 6 Show More
by Neil Corcoran.
Faber, 276 pp., £9.99, September 1998,
Seamus Heaney
by Helen Vendler.
HarperCollins, 188 pp., £15.99, November 1998,0 00 255856 4 Show More
by Helen Vendler.
HarperCollins, 188 pp., £15.99, November 1998,
“... proved ‘congenial to the United States poetry establishment – particularly to its queen, Helen Vendler’. Noting with far too much cynicism the usefulness of her reviews in advancing the poet’s reputation, Fennell accuses Heaney of opting for Vendler’s belief that good poetry is ‘a private musing ... ”