I.vii.1. Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, taken from a folder marked 'Field Work',
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| Summary: | Included manuscript and typescript worksheets containing drafts of the poems 'The Train' (alternatively title as 'A Traced Ear' in file and collected as Sonnet IV of 'Glanmore Sonnets'), 'A Visitant' (revised and collected as 'A Drink of Water'), 'Mossbawn. 2 Tillage', 'Postcards for Sean Armstrong' (collected as 'Postcards from North Antrim'), 'The Shannon Pot', 'The Model', The Toome Road', 'A Dream of Jealousy', 'Nocturne', 'Boortree' (collected as Sonnet V of 'Glanmore Sonnets'), 'The Skunk', an untitled draft sonnet collection as II of 'Glanmore Sonnets', 'In Memoriam Sean O'Riada', 'Mirror' (draft dated 1965), 'Her Song of Erne' (revised and collected as 'At the Water's Edge'), 'Tripych' Sections I, II and III, 'An Afterwards', 'The Otter', 'Glanmore Sonnets' I and II, 'A Night in the Cold' (collected as sonnet X in 'Glanmore Sonnets'), 'Thunderlight' (collected as Sonnet VIII in 'Glanmore Sonnets'), 'Homecomings', 'Catherine's Fancy' (collected as Section IV of 'Field Work') and 'Finding A Voice' (alternatively titled as 'Oral English' in file). |
| In collection: | Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Notes: | Taken from a file originally marked as 'Field Work' by Heaney. 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: 102 pages; 3 folders. more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
