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IN THE AUTUMN OF LIFE: SEAMUS HEANEY’S HUMAN CHAIN
IN THE AUTUMN OF LIFE: SEAMUS HEANEY’S HUMAN CHAIN

Author(s): Aleksandra Kędzierska
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: aging;Heaney;Human Chain;Irish poetry

Summary/Abstract: Based on Seamus Heaney’s last collection of verse, Human Chain (2010), the paper addresses the issues of old age as experienced by the poet aware of his dwindling potential; it also demonstrates how, despite his brush with death, and grappling with frailty and memory loss, he is determined to make the best of what life has in store for him.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 31-39
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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