McCabe Heaney Collection,

1977-2010.

The McCabe Heaney Collection consists for the most part of literary drafts sent by Seamus Heaney to his friends, the English literary scholar Dr. Bernard McCabe and Jane McCabe for consideration and review. Alongside drafts of his poems that were revised and published in collections such as 'Field Work', 'Station Island', 'The Haw Lantern', 'The Tree Clock', 'Seeing Things', 'The Spirit Level' and 'Electric Light' are drafts of poems that were not included in his major collections, drafts of some essays and lectures, including his Nobel lecture 'Crediting Poetry' (1995) and 'Suffering and Decision' which he gave as the Ted Hughes Memorial Lecture in 2007, and a draft of his adaption of Sophocles' play 'Antigone' titled 'The Burial at Thebes' (2004). Bernard McCabe's comments and annotations on the drafts are dispersed throughout. Also included are poetry broadsheets and programmes for both conferment of degrees and annual commencements that contain Heaney's poems, letters from Heaney to both Bernard and Jane McCabe and some related newspaper cuttings regarding Heaney's career, which were compiled by the McCabes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Contributors: McCabe, Bernard (Bernard J.)
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:The McCabe Heaney Collection contains some papers which are not currently available for consultation (NFC 175) due to their private nature. These papers will be reviewed in 2023.

Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There are additional Seamus Heaney manuscripts held in the Department of Manuscripts - the Seamus Heaney Literary Papers MS 49,493/1-284; the Haberer Heaney Collection MS 49,601/1-28 and MS 41,932/1-3;

Physical description: 2 boxes.

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Arrangement:Fonds
I. Prose. II. Poetry. III. Drama. IV. Correspondence. V. Other Papers.
Provenance:Donated by Jane McCabe, 15 May 2013.
Published / Created: 1977-2010.
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II.xii.8. 'Horace and Thunder, After Horace, Odes, I, 34',

2002.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: McCabe Heaney Collection, 1979-2010
Description:Broadside containing Seamus Heaney's poem 'Horace and Thunder'. Published to mark his reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 17 October 2002. One of 26 copies, signed by Seamus Heaney.
Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Created: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 2002.
Extent:1 broadside.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,602/42 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 2000, this collection remains in copyright. It is necessary to obtain the express permission of the copyright owner before reproducing any material from this collection.
Corporate Author:Massachusetts Institute of Technology