Selected Poems from Opened Ground (York Notes Advanced) English Literature Study Guide - for 2026, 2027 exams: York Notes Series

ISBN-13: 9780582329317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 128 str.

Alisdair Macrae

Opis

Building on the formula of York Notes, this Advanced series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. The notes enable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop their own critical thinking. Key features include: study methods; an introduction to the text; summaries with critical notes; themes and techniques; textual analysis of key passages; author biography; historical and literary background; modern and historical critical approaches; chronology; and glossary of literary terms.

O autorze

Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. 'Death of a Naturalist', his first collection, appeared in 1966, and since then he has published poetry, criticism and translations which have established him as one of the leading poets of his generation. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.