{"product_id":"haunted-heaney-ian-hickey-9780367645281","title":"Haunted Heaney: Spectres and the Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaunted Heaney: Spectres and the Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e looks at the ghosts and spectres present within the poetry of the Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney. Covering Heaney's work from his first collection, \u003cem\u003eDeath of a Naturalist\u003c\/em\u003e, to his final collection, \u003cem\u003eHuman Chain\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume analyses Heaney's poetry through the lens of hauntology as presented by Jacques Derrida in \u003cem\u003eSpecters of Marx\u003c\/em\u003e. This book presents spectres and ghosts not in the conventional sense, as purely supernatural, physical manifestations haunting a place, but instead as having a non-physical presence. In this sense past cultures, societies, texts, poets, and memories are examined as having a spectral influence on Heaney's writing. His work is indebted to hauntedness as the past in all its forms sutures itself within the present of his thinking and writing, and our reading of the poetry. Topics for discussion include the Norse spectres in the early poetry; British colonialism and its haunting influence on the poet; a renewed look at the bog poems as being influenced by the spectral; the classical influence of Virgil and Dante; and a reading of 'Route 110' that incorporates the major instances of Heaney's career into a singular poem. The book also incorporates Heaney's prose work and interviews into the discussion and uses these works as a metacommentary to the poetry offering a deeper insight into the mind of one of Ireland's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Hickey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367645289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367645281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Ian Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944304345343,"sku":"9780367645281","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_db7562d6-c88e-4ef9-b953-032b37c661ce.jpg?v=1681502912","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haunted-heaney-ian-hickey-9780367645281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}