Opened Ground: Poems, 1966-96 (Signed First)
Heaney, Seamus
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Add to basketSold by Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since September 6, 2012
Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketFirst edition, first impression, signed to the title page by Seamus Heaney. A significant volume, described thus at publication: "Comes as close to being a Collected Poems as its author cares to make it". Fine: tight and square binding in sharp green boards, and very crisp and clean, presenting as unread. The unclipped dustwrapper is likewise Fine: crisp and vibrant; NO FADING at all to the spine; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. SEAMUS HEANEY SPECIALISTS.
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At the same time, his Ireland is the site of "neighborly murders," and the past and larger world he confronts is one threatened by history and brutal sectarianism. Heaney has declared, "Fear is the emotion that the muse thrives on. That's always there"--and terror is pervasive in his "land of password, handgrip, wink and nod, / Of open minds as open as a trap." Many of his poems that explore the Troubles reflect his own considerable concern that he has long "confused evasion and artistic tact." Others might be termed self-reflexive, since Heaney uses them to unearth his own role. "Kinship" features a simple, brilliant (not to mention canine!) simile:
I step through originsIn a later poem, "From the Frontier of Writing," he compares the struggle for inspiration to being stopped at a roadblock: "And everything is pure interrogation / until a rifle motions you and you move / with guarded unconcerned acceleration." Heaney's gift is dazzling, and would be almost unbearable were it not matched by vigilance, self-doubt, and regret--and his longing for the day in which "justice can rise up / And hope and history rhyme." --Kerry Fried
like a dog turning
its memories of wilderness
on the kitchen mat.
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