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Poetry English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Spirit Level

Poems

by (author) Seamus Heaney

Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Initial publish date
Apr 1997
Category
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780374525118
    Publish Date
    Apr 1997
    List Price
    $15

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The Spirit Level was the first book of poems Heaney published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Reviewing this book in The New York Times Book Review, Richard Tillinghast noted that Heaney "has been and is here for good . . . [His poems] will last. Anyone who reads poetry has reason to rejoice at living in the age when Seamus Heaney is writing."

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Contributor Notes

Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.