Title The government of the tongue : the 1986 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures and other critical writings / Seamus Heaney

Edition Paperback edition Published London : Faber, 1988 London, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : Faber & Faber, 1988 Bungay, Suffolk : Richard Clay Ltd., 1989 ©1988 ((1989[printing]))

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MELB	809.104 H4348/G 1989		AVAILABLE

Description xxiii, 172 pages ; 20 cm Series T. S. Eliot memorial lectures (London, England) ; 1986 T.S. Eliot memorial lectures (London, England) ; 1986 Summary "The title, 'The Government of the Tongue,' carries suggestions of both monastic discipline and untrammelled romanticism, and is meant to raise an old question about the rights and status of poetic utterance itself. Should it be goverend? Should it be the governor? Seamus Heaney here scrutinizes the work of several poets, British and Irish, American and European, whose work is responsive to such strains and tensions." Analysis Poetry in English, 1900- - Critical studies Notes Edition, manufacture, and copyright statements from title verso Text in English Subject American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism. English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Irish poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Author Faber and Faber, publisher Richard Clay & Co., printer ISBN 057114151X 9780571141517

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