Seamus Justin Heaney

Bibliography

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POETRY

• Death of a Naturalist, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1966.
• Door into the Dark, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1969.
• Wintering Out, Faber (London), 1972, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1973.
• North, Faber, 1975, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1976.
• Field Work, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1979.
• Poems: 1965-1975, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1980.
• (Adapter) Sweeney Astray: A Version from the Irish, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1984, revised edition, with photographs by Rachel Giese, published as Sweeney's Flight, 1992.
• Station Island, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1984.
• The Haw Lantern, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1987.
• New and Selected Poems, 1969-1987, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1990, revised edition published as Selected Poems, 1966-1987, 1991.
• Seeing Things: Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1991.
• The Midnight Verdict, Gallery Books (Old Castle, County Meath, Ireland), 1993.
• The Spirit Level, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1996.
• Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1998.
• Electric Light, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2001.
• District and Circle, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2006.

Contributor to 101 Poems Against War, edited by Matthew Hollis and Paul Keegan, Faber and Faber (London, England), 2003.

POETRY CHAPBOOKS

• Eleven Poems, Festival Publications (Belfast, Northern Ireland), 1965.
• (With David Hammond and Michael Longley) Room to Rhyme, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1968.
• A Lough Neagh Sequence, edited by Harry Chambers and Eric J. Morten, Phoenix Pamphlets Poets Press (Manchester, England), 1969.
• Boy Driving His Father to Confession, Sceptre Press (Surrey, England), 1970.
• Night Drive: Poems, Richard Gilbertson (Devon, England), 1970.
• Land, Poem-of-the-Month Club, 1971.
• Servant Boy, Red Hanrahan Press (Detroit, MI), 1971.
• Stations, Ulsterman Publications (Belfast, Northern Ireland), 1975.
• Bog Poems, Rainbow Press (London, England), 1975.
• (With Derek Mahon) In Their Element, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1977.
• After Summer, Deerfield Press, 1978.
• Hedge School: Sonnets from Glanmore, Charles Seluzicki (Portland,OR), 1979.
• Sweeney Praises the Trees, [New York, NY], 1981.

PROSE

• The Fire i' the Flint: Reflections on the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1975.
• Robert Lowell: A Memorial Address and Elegy, Faber (London, England), 1978.
• Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1980.
• The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose, 1978-1987, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1988.
• The Place of Writing, Scholars Press, 1989.
• The Redress of Poetry, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1995.
• Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1996.
• Finders Keepers: Selected Prose, 1971-2001, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2002.

EDITOR

• (With Alan Brownjohn) New Poems: 1970-1971, Hutchinson (London, England), 1971.
• Soundings: An Annual Anthology of New Irish Poetry, Blackstaff Press (Belfast, Northern Ireland), 1972.
• Soundings II, Blackstaff Press (Belfast, Northern Ireland), 1974.
• (With Ted Hughes) The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry (juvenile), Faber (London, England), 1982.
• The Essential Wordsworth, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1988.
• (With Ted Hughes) The School Bag, Faber (London, England), 1997.
• Yeats, ( "Poet to Poet series"), Faber (London, England), 2000.

Also editor ofThe May Anthology of Oxford and Cambridge Poetry, 1993.
OTHER

• (With John Montague) The Northern Muse (sound recording), Claddagh Records, 1969.
• The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' "Philoctetes" (drama; produced by Yale Repertory Theater, 1997, produced in Oxford, England, 1999), Farrar, Straus, 1991.
• (Translator, with Stanislaw Baranczak) Laments, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1995.
• (With Joseph Brodsky and Derek Walcott) Homage to Frost, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1996.
• (Translator) Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Farrar, Straus, 2000.
• (Translator) Leos Janacek, Diary of One Who Vanished: A Song Cycle, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2000.
• (Author of introduction) Darcy O'Brien, A Way of Life, Like Any Other, New York Review Books, 2001.
• (Translator) Sorley McLean, Hallaig, 2002.
• (Translator) The Midnight Verdict (collection), Dufour, 2002.
• (Author of introduction) David Thomson, The People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal Legend, Counterpoint, 2002.
• (With Liam O'Flynn) The Poet and the Piper (audio), Claddagh Records, 2003.
• (Author of introduction) Thomas Flanagan, There You Are: Writing on Irish and American Literature and History, edited by Christopher Cahill, New York Review Books, 2003.
• (Translator) The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' "Antigone," Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2004.
• (Translator) The Testament of Cresseid, Enitharmon Press, 2004.
• (Translator) Columcille the Scribe, The Royal Irish Academy, 2004.
• (Translator) The Testament of Cresseid and Seven Fables, Faber and Faber, 2009.

Contributor to books, including The Writers: A Sense of Ireland, O'Brien Press (Dublin, Ireland), 1979; Canopy: A Work for Voice and Light in Harvard Yard, Harvard University Art Museums, 1997; Healing Power: The Epic Poise—A Celebration of Ted Hughes, edited by Nick Gammage, Faber, 1999; For the Love of Ireland: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers, Ballantine, 2001; 101 Poems against War, edited by Matthew Hollis and Paul Keegan, Faber, 2003; and Don't Ask Me What I Mean: Poets in Their Own Words, Picador, 2003. Contributor of poetry and essays to periodicals, including New Statesman, Listener, Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, and London Review of Books. Heaney's papers and letters are collected at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.