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SWEENEY ASTRAY. A Version From The Irish.
by HEANEY, Seamus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Derry: Field Day Theatre Company Limited. 1983. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Hardcover issue. Publisher's original textured white and grey cloth with black illustration to the upper board and titles to the spine, in the Colin Middleton illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Signed by Seamus Heaney in blue ink on the title page. 1,000 copies of the hardcover were issued. Heaney's translation of the medieval Irish epic Buile Shuibhne won the 1985 PEN Translation Prize for verse. ( Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Synopsis
Sweeney Astray is a version of the Irish poem Buile Shuibhne written by Seamus Heaney and published in 1983. It is based on an earlier translation by J.G. O'Keeffe. Heaney's version was well received in many circles and, much like his later take on Beowulf, has largely become the standard translation on college syllabi.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25420
- Title
- SWEENEY ASTRAY. A Version From The Irish.
- Author
- HEANEY, Seamus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Derry: Field Day Theatre Company Limited. 1983
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York, North Yorkshire
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