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Twentieth Century British Poets
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Twentieth Century British PoetsBuilding on the rich tradition of English-language poetry that preceded them, the major British poets of the 20th century subjected their art form to the influence and permutations of modernism, postmodernism, and beyond. This essential survey of a century of innovation and eloquence includes such seminal early and midcentury figures as T.S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats, and Philip Larkin and concludes with analysis and discussion of the more recent contributions of such well-regarded poets as Ted Hughes and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Professor Harold Bloom introduces this volume of critical essays, which also features a chronology, bibliography, and index for reference.
 
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Beowulf: A new verse translation by Seamus Heaney
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Beowulf: A new verse translation by Seamus Heaney pdf + mp3Beowulf: A new verse translation by Seamus Heaney pdf + mp3

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface.
 
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The Dog Lived (and So Will I): A Memoir
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The Dog Lived (and So Will I): A MemoirThe Dog Lived (and So Will I): A Memoir

In this charming memoir, one woman proves how the devastating diagnosis of cancer turned out to be her new leash on life. Teresa Rhyne was excited to begin her new life with her new man...and a new dog? As luck would have it, the unruly beagle Seamus found his way into her home just when they needed each other most.
 
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Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern Imagination
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Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern ImaginationAn excellent collection... breaks new ground in many areas. Should make a substantial impact on the discussion of the contemporary influence of Anglo-Saxon Culture'. Conor McCarthy, author of Seamus Heaney and the Medieval Imagination Britain's pre-Conquest past and its culture continues to fascinate modern writers and artists. From Henry Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader to Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, and from high modernism to the musclebound heroes of comic book and Hollywood, Anglo-Saxon England has been a powerful and often unexpected source of inspiration, antagonism, and reflection.
 
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Seamus Heaney: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
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Seamus Heaney: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)Seamus Heaney: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)

Seamus Heaney has been called the most important poet since Yeats. Much of his work portrays the intensity of the Irish experience. Study the poet's work with this text, including "North," "Singing School," "Glanmore Sonnets," "The Harvest Bow," "Ugolino," "Station Island," and "The Haw Lantern."
 
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