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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:	With first paragraph only. Attached is a photocopy, with manuscript annotations, of the essay as published in the 'Sunday Tribune Magazine', 16/7/1981. Also included is a note, regarding revisions for his essay 'The Fully Exposed Poem'.
In collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format:	Manuscript
Notes:	Essay collected in 'The Government of the Tongue' (1988. Taken from an envelope originally marked 'Typescripts with Amendments Government of the Tongue'. 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: 4 pages. more
Arrangement:	Sub-fonds