Seamus Heaney: The Making of the Poet Michael Parker
Provides an account of Seamus Heaney's early life, and the experiences, influences and relationships - personal, literary and political - that shaped his poetic development. The result of six years' research, this book includes a considerable amount of original material including photographs, interviews, insights into possible sources of his poems, commentary on unpublished poems and drafts, as well as readings of each of Heaney's collections including Seeing Things.