North (poetry)
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| North | |
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 First Edition published by Faber | |
| Author | Seamus Heaney |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 73 |
| Awards | 1975 Duff Cooper Prize |
North (1975) is a collection of poems written by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. It was the first of his works that directly dealt with the Troubles experienced in Ireland through the 1960s and '70s. In particular, he uses parallels with past events to explain the problems of Irish society. Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on the Seamus Heaney Collected Poems album.
The collection is divided into two parts of which the first is more symbolical, dealing with themes such as the Greek myth of Antaeus and the bog bodies of Northern Europe. The second part features more direct dedicatory poems to Michael McLaverty and Seamus Deane.
See also
- Tollund Man
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