Seamus Heaney and East European Poetry in Translation
Poetics of Exile

This book looks at how the poetry of Seamus Heaney, born of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, has encountered the 'historically-tested imaginations' of Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, Osip Mandelstam, and Zbigniew Herbert. It argues that East Europeans have made a strong impact on Heaney's work.

Introduction 1. Writing 'for the Joy of It': Seamus Heaney and Osip Mandelstam 2. Audenesque': Seamus Heaney and Joseph Brodsky 3. How to be a Responsible Poet: Czeslaw Milosz and Seamus Heaney 4. Keeper of Civilizations': Seamus Heaney and Zbigniew Herbert 5. Conclusion

Carmen Bugan