I.xi.7. Notebook, containing manuscript drafts of poems, notes and some diary entries,

1989-1990.

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Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:Included are diary entries (dated June 1989) which refer to a weekend spent in Copenhagen, his election to the post of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University and drafts of the poems 'The Golden Bough', 'The Sitting', 'Crinonline', 'Resin', 'A Pillowed Head', 'Gaelic G' (collected under the title 'G as in Gaelic' in 'Hockney's Alphabets'), verses xxxviii and xliv in 'Squarings' and a twelve line poems beginning 'Cotyledon, flap your Greek-filmed wings' and 'Stacato and reflexive. A barrel rolled'.


Attached are loose worksheets with manuscript and typescript drafts of 'A Pillowed Head, 'The Sitting', 'The Settle Bed', 'Resin', 'Crinoline', 'Lustral Sonnet' and 'A Retrospect'. One worksheet dated 9 November 1990.
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In collection: Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format: Manuscript
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Notes:Pages containing private information are inaccessible to view; the remaining pages are fully accessible.

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: 1 volume; 13 pages.

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Arrangement:Sub-fonds
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I.xi.7. Notebook, containing manuscript drafts of poems, notes and some diary entries,

1989-1990.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Description:Included are diary entries (dated June 1989) which refer to a weekend spent in Copenhagen, his election to the post of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University and drafts of the poems 'The Golden Bough', 'The Sitting', 'Crinonline', 'Resin', 'A Pillowed Head', 'Gaelic G' (collected under the title 'G as in Gaelic' in 'Hockney's Alphabets'), verses xxxviii and xliv in 'Squarings' and a twelve line poems beginning 'Cotyledon, flap your Greek-filmed wings' and 'Stacato and reflexive. A barrel rolled'.
Attached are loose worksheets with manuscript and typescript drafts of 'A Pillowed Head, 'The Sitting', 'The Settle Bed', 'Resin', 'Crinoline', 'Lustral Sonnet' and 'A Retrospect'. One worksheet dated 9 November 1990.
Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Extent:1 volume; 13 pages.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,493/91 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 2000, the papers in this collection are in copyright. It is necessary to obtain the express permission of the copyright owner before reproducing any material from this collection.