I.iv.19. Annotated typescript draft of poems for inclusion in 'Wintering',

ca. 1971.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:Contains draft title pages ('Wintering by Seamus Heaney', with crossed out title 'A Dreamer At The Ford') and typescript drafts of the poems 'Dulse', 'A Dreamer at the Ford' (collected as Section I of 'The Other Side', 'Gifts of Rain', 'Weather', 'A Thomas in the Wilderness', 'Linen Town', 'A Token', 'Wessex' (alternatively titled as 'Love Token' in file), 'Hawthorns', 'The Other Sort' (revised and collected as Section III of 'The Other Side'), 'A Midsummer', 'Sometimes', 'Aubade' (revised and collected as Section V of 'Summer Home', 'Harvest Dues' (draft dated 27-28 April 1971), 'Pads' (draft dated 27 August 1971), 'Bedtime' (draft dated 28 April 1971), 'Tinder', 'Land', 'Roots', 'No Man's Land', 'Museum Pieces for Michael S. Harper' and 'Refining Flame' (revised and collected as Stump)
In collection: Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format: Manuscript
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Notes:Taken from a folder marked 'Wintering Out' 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: 66 pages; 2 folders.

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Arrangement:Sub-fonds