Seeing Things (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Seamus Heaney
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Poetry or poets, Sea or seafaring life, Jesus Christ, Athletes, Life, philosophy of, Beaches or seashores, Sports, Ireland or Irish people, Fishing or fishermen, Time, Boats or boating, Soccer, Kites
Places Discussed
*Cumae (KYU-mee). Ancient town in Italy, believed to be the seat of an oracle whom the hero Aeneas is addressing in Heaney’s opening poem, “The Golden Bough,” translated loosely from a passage in Vergil’s Aeneid (c. 29-19 b.c.e.; English translation, 1553). The references to the Greek underworld—Avernus, Tartarus, the River Acheron—find their counterparts in Heaney’s closing poem in the volume. In this way, Heaney places Seeing Things—with its many elegies—within the realm of the spirits.
*Inishbofin. One of many small...
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