II.iii.3. Manuscript and typescript drafts of the essay 'The Main of Light',

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
In collection: Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format: Manuscript
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Notes:Draft with pages numbered 1-11 taken from an envelope originally marked 'Typescripts with Amendments Government of the Tongue'.

Essay initially published in 'Larkin at Sixty' (1982) and later collected in 'The Government of the Tongue' (1988).

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: 35 pages.

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