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Please closely read the following articles on Seamus Heaney, and complete the chart given to you as you read. During next class, you will have a quiz on Seamus Heaney. Any information contained in these articles and in the Harvard Magazine article are fair game to be on your quiz. Read closely and carefully. Consider this: What is/are Heaney's motivation(s) and reason(s) behind his writing?
Learning Targets:- I can...read various articles on Seamus Heaney, his life and poetry.
- I can...carefully select the most important aspects of Seamus Heaney's life and career.
- I can...accurately take notes on important aspects of Seamus Heaney.
- I can...discuss Seamus Heaney as if I were a Heaney scholar.
Background
//www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1995/heaney-bio.html
Background
//www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/seamus-heaney
New York Times article on Heaney’s poetry
//www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/books/17book.html?ref=seamusheaney&_r=0
Heaney’s Poetry
//www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/books/review/16leithouser.html?ref=seamusheaney
A Humble Man…
//www.nytimes.com/2001/06/02/books/rare-fuss-for-a-poet-of-the-everyday.html?ref=seamusheaney
On Heaney's Death
