{"product_id":"opened-ground-selected-poems-1966-1996-9780374526788","title":"Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs selected by the author, \u003ci\u003eOpened Ground\u003c\/i\u003e includes the essential work from Heaney's twelve previous books of poetry, as well as new sequences drawn from two of his landmark translations, \u003ci\u003eThe Cure at Troy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSweeney Astray\u003c\/i\u003e, and several previously uncollected poems. Heaney's voice is like no other--\"by turns mythological and journalistic, rural and sophisticated, reminiscent and impatient, stern and yielding, curt and expansive\" (Helen Vendler, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)--and this is a one-volume testament to the musicality and precision of that voice. The book closes with Heaney's Nobel Lecture: \"Crediting Poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-148835\"\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374526788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374526788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005020\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE017000\"\u003eEuropean | French\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE024000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include \u003ci\u003eOpened Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDistrict and Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e. Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the \"most important Irish poet since Yeats.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693975933165,"sku":"9780374526788","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_041f2fe6-b0ec-44e2-933f-3cc2d634104c.jpg?v=1747438457","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/opened-ground-selected-poems-1966-1996-9780374526788","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}