
The government of the tongue
About this book
In this volume of critical essays, Seamus Heaney scrutinizes the poetry of many masterful poets. Throughout the collection, Heaney's gifts as a wise and genial reader are exercised with characteristic exactness, and we are reminded, above all, of the essentially gratifying nature of poetry itself.
Subjects
History and criticismEnglish poetryAmerican poetryModern PoetryFiction, general