Past poetic
Subtitle: archaeology in the poetry of W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney
By: Christine Finn.
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Yeats, W. B. -- 1865-1939 -- Themes, motives, etc; Heaney, Seamus, -- 1939- -- Themes, motives, etc; English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English poetry -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; Archaeology in literature; Archaeology -- History -- 19th century; Archaeology -- History -- 20th century
Description: "This book considers the way two great Anglo-Irish poets, W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, have used archaeology in their work, and how it surfaced in their lives. As well as providing new insights on Yeats and Heaney, this study of their poetry and inter-disciplinary analysis provides a filter for an original reading of the history of archaeology as it emerged from the antiquarianism of the mid-nineteenth century." "Christine Finn draws on an array of data in a journey through childhood and adult landscapes, popular and little-known archaeological sites, tracing the path of the poets through museums and homes, drawing on classical statues and haunting bog bodies, from Ireland to England, and from Byzantine chapels in Italy to the gilded mosaics of Stockholm, where both Yeats and Heaney received the Nobel Prize."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-201) and indexes.