Bernard O'Donoghue is Fellow of Wadham College and University Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford.

"O'Donoghue has gathered an impressive collection of essays in appreciation of the poetic and prose work of Seamus Heaney...Recommended." -M. H Kealy, Immacula University, Choice

• 1. Introduction Bernard O'Donoghue; 2. Heaney's working titles: from Advancement of Learning to Midnight Anvil Rand Brandes; 3. The context of Heaney's reception Patrick Crotty; 4. Heaney in public Dennis O'Driscoll; 5. Heaney and the feminine Fran Brearton; 6. Heaney and Eastern Europe Justin Quinn; 7. Heaney's classics and the bucolic Bernard O'Donoghue; 8. Professing poetry: Heaney as critic David Wheatley; 9. Heaney and the Irish Poetic Tradition Andrew Murphy; 10. Irish influence and confluence in Heaney's poetry Dillon Johnston; 11. Heaney and Yeats Neil Corcoran; 12. Heaney's Wordsworth and the poetics of displacement Guinn Batten; 13. Heaney, Beowulf, and the medieval literature of the north Heather O'Donoghue; 14. Crediting marvels: Heaney after 50 John Wilson Foster; Guide to further reading; Index.

Bernard O'Donoghue is Fellow of Wadham College and University Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford.

"O'Donoghue has gathered an impressive collection of essays in appreciation of the poetic and prose work of Seamus Heaney...Recommended." -M. H Kealy, Immacula University, Choice

• 1. Introduction Bernard O'Donoghue; 2. Heaney's working titles: from Advancement of Learning to Midnight Anvil Rand Brandes; 3. The context of Heaney's reception Patrick Crotty; 4. Heaney in public Dennis O'Driscoll; 5. Heaney and the feminine Fran Brearton; 6. Heaney and Eastern Europe Justin Quinn; 7. Heaney's classics and the bucolic Bernard O'Donoghue; 8. Professing poetry: Heaney as critic David Wheatley; 9. Heaney and the Irish Poetic Tradition Andrew Murphy; 10. Irish influence and confluence in Heaney's poetry Dillon Johnston; 11. Heaney and Yeats Neil Corcoran; 12. Heaney's Wordsworth and the poetics of displacement Guinn Batten; 13. Heaney, Beowulf, and the medieval literature of the north Heather O'Donoghue; 14. Crediting marvels: Heaney after 50 John Wilson Foster; Guide to further reading; Index.