I.iv.2. Manuscript and annotated typescript drafts of poems many of which were collected in 'Wintering Out',
[n.d.]
This item is under copyright. The digital images may only be viewed via the online catalogue in the National Library Reading Rooms.
| Main Creator: | |
|---|---|
| Summary: | Includes worksheets with drafts of 'Dawn', 'Come On Over', 'The Nests', 'Last Look', 'Snipe' (collected as 'The Backward Look'), 'Orange Drums, Tyrone 1966', 'Ballad', 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper', 'The Wool Trade', 'The Smell' (revised and collected in 'Summer Home'), 'As We Roved Out' (collected as 'Augury'), 'Triptych' (alternatively titled as 'Wedding Lines' in file), 'A Winter's Tale', 'Bye-Child', 'Thomas', 'Rubric', 'Dream of the Trenches' (collected as 'Veteran's Dream'), 'First Calf', 'Serenades', 'Good Night', 'Sea-Wife' (collected as 'Maighdean Mara'), 'The Tinder Box' (collected as 'Tinder'), 'Navvy', 'Toast', 'Limbo', 'Last Camp', 'In A Yard', 'A Love-Nest', untitled poem collected as Section V in 'Summer Home', 'May', 'Medallion' (alternatively titled 'Proem' in file), 'Spell', 'The Dirraghs', 'The Banner Painter', 'Remembering the Painting ''Flax'' by Colin Middleton', 'Daydream', 'Land', 'Fireside', 'Prayer' , 'To Kit' (alternativley titled 'Patience' in file), 'Gifts of Rain', 'The Decline', 'The Snare', 'To A Robber', 'A Northern Hoard', 'Hawthorns', 'Community Relations' and 'Midnight'. |
| In collection: | Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Subjects: | |
| Notes: | Taken from a folder originally marked by Heaney as 'Wintering Out'. Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Seamus Heaney manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts (MS 41,932/1-3). This consists of manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem 'Sweeney Astray', with additional notes on early Irish poetry; Physical description: 130 pages; 3 folders. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
