"Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and post cards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. Seamus was not only a master of...
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Bibliothek im KG IV, Bereich Anglistik und Amerikanistik
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"Seamus Heaney wrote hundreds of letters and post cards in long hand, answering almost all the letters he received from friends, fellow poets, university professors, arts councils and of course from ordinary fans. Seamus was not only a master of English prose and poetry, he was highly skilled in the art of writing letters. However, this volume does not include complete letters addressed to Seamus Heaney. From the very vast correspondence addressed to him we will be quoting specific lines or paragraphs that will give us a picture of the character and modes of thinking of the person who is rightly regarded as one of the greatest poets of our generation. It is on the basis of these letters that we attempt to create a portrait of Seamus Heaney. The letters are not what one would call finished compositions. They all exhibit personal feelings. There is exaggerated gossip in them, but they very successfully tell us what a high-minded man Seamus Heaney was"--
