In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch.
Sophocles' play, first staged in the fifth century B.C., stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those who must protect the state's security. During the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each other, having...
In this outstanding new translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkn...
Door into the Dark, Heaney's second collection of poems, first appeared in 1969. Already his widely celebrated gifts of precision, thoughtfulness, and musicality were everywhere apparent.
Door into the Dark, Heaney's second collection of poems, first appeared in 1969. Already his widely celebrated gifts of precision, thoughtfulness, and...
Questa e una raccolta di 21 poesie del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 1995, Seamus Heaney, tratte da ""The Spirit Level,"" nella traduzione italiana di Erminia Passannanti. L'espressione "fortuna letteraria" e particolarmente idonea a descrivere il percorso compiuto dall'opera di Seamus Heaney nell'arco di un ventennio. L'assegnazione del Nobel per la Letteratura, nel 1995, a questo autore, mentre rappresentava il massimo tributo a un'arte poetica che aveva saputo guadagnarsi un successo di portata mondiale, focalizzava l'attenzione dell'opinione pubblica su tutta la poesia irlandese...
Questa e una raccolta di 21 poesie del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 1995, Seamus Heaney, tratte da ""The Spirit Level,"" nella traduzione italiana ...
Lidský řetěz (2010) je básnická sbírka Seamuse Heaneyho, irského laureáta Nobelovy ceny za literaturu. Mísí se v ní vzpomínky na rodiče, elegie na přátele, variace na Vergiliovu Aeneidu či na středověkou irskou a moderní francouzskou poezii – básníkův hlas ustavičně rozmlouvá s jinými hlasy a básně dávají prostor životům druhých. Věcnými popisy přitom stále znovu prokmitávají závratnější světla a hlubší stíny. Významové roviny se prolínají, severoirská řeka se proměňuje ve Vergiliovu Léthé a ze stárnoucího básníka se na okamžik...
Lidský řetěz (2010) je básnická sbírka Seamuse Heaneyho, irského laureáta Nobelovy ceny za literaturu. Mísí se v ní vzpomínky na rodiče,...
Widely praised on its first publication in 1987, The Haw Lantern ventured into new imaginative territory with poems exploring the theme of loss--including a celebrated sonnet sequence concerning the death of the poet's mother--joined by meditations on the conscience of the writer and exercises in an allegorical vein.ical vein.
Widely praised on its first publication in 1987, The Haw Lantern ventured into new imaginative territory with poems exploring the theme of loss--inclu...
