Seamus Heaney and the Art of Translation - 9781032988320

Seamus Heaney and the Art of TranslationAuthor(s): Eugene O'Brien, Ian Hickey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032988320, 978-1032988320\nSynopsis\nSeamus Heaney and the Art of Translation is comprised of 11 chapters that examine the Nobel prize winning poets translations and that situate the works within a transnational perspective. The chapters focus on the broad and varied connections Heaney makes with writers from an Irish and European background. The book contains close readings of the poets associations and interest in exemplars such as Dante, Virgil, Baudelaire, Blandiana and N Dhomhnaill, to mention but a few. Attention is also paid to broader areas of influence such as the Greek and Roman classics, Anglo-Saxon, Irish and Eastern-European literature. The volume addresses Heaneys poetry in translation, as well as his dramatic works and prose writing. This study is broad in its approach to Heaneys translati.