Abschnittsübersicht

    • Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) - Nobel Prize in Literature 1995

    • Preparation

      Please read and interpret the following poems from Seamus Heaney's collection North (1975)

      • "Mossbawn"
      • "North"
      • "Bog Queen"
      • "The Grauballe Man"
      • "Act of Union"
      as well as his poem "Digging" (1966) (see https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging).  

      Also, pleae read his translation of the poem "Colum Cille Cecinit" and the introduction to his translation of Beowulf (especially xxii-xxx).

      Optional background reading:
      Sullivan, Moynagh. "The Treachery Of Wetness", In: Irish Studies Review, vol. 13, no. 4, 2005, pp. 451-468, DOI: 10.1080/09670880500304527

    • Seamus Heaney, North Datei
    • Colum Cille Cecinit Datei
    • Seamus Heaney, Beowulf Datei
    • Listen to Mossbawn Sunlight Link/URL
    • Analysis of Mossbawn Sunlight Link/URL