Seamus Heaney and the Art of Translation

Eugene O’Brien is Professor of English Literature and Theory at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.Ian Hickey is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.

• Introduction: Seamus Heaney and the Art of TranslationIan Hickey and Eugene O'Brien1. ‘Written on Water’: The Ethics, Epistemology and Aesthetics of Seamus Heaney’s TranslationsEugene O’Brien2. Is This Translation?: A Discussion of ‘Lightenings VIII’Marco Sonzogni3. Aiming into the Sky: Seamus Heaney’s ‘Translated’ ObjectsMagdalena Kay4. What Seamus Heaney Makes of Sophocles’ PhiloctetesEdward T. Duffy5. The Gallery of the Tongue: Poet-Painter—Seamus Heaney’s Ekphrastic TranslationsÉamon Ó Caoineachán 6. ‘Talk about defamiliarization!’: Seamus Heaney and FrenchEllen Howley7. ‘On the Whim of a Marvellous Thing’: Heaney’s Translations of ContemporariesJosie O’Donoghue8. Cultural Transfer in Translation: Seamus Heaney’s Poetry. A Case StudyAlexandra Mitrea9. Musicality, Translation and Seamus Heaney’s ProseIan Hickey10. The Ecologies of Seamus Heaney’s TranslationsEóin Flannery11. From a Dark Wood to the Light of Heaven: Translation as Po-Ethics in Seamus HeaneyMaristella GattoIndex