THE POEMS OF
SEAMUS HEANEY

edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis

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 Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010), and those uncollected poems published in pamphlets, journals and magazines or with limited circulation. In addition, the book includes a selection of previously unpublished material selected by the poet’s family.

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.’ Critical introductions to each collection and notes on the poems illuminate their history and development, and make this the indispensible source for readers and scholars alike.