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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013
Summary:	Includes worksheets containing drafts of 'Scrabble', 'Scene Shifts','The Cot', 'Lustral Sonnet', '1973', 'Bedside Reading', 'Resin', 'A Pillowed Head', 'Field of Vision', 'The Sitting', 'Seeing Things', 'Markings', 'The Pulse', 'A Point', 'A Haul', 'A Basket of Chestnuts', 'The Biretta', 'The Settle Bed', 'The Rescue', 'Three Quatrains. 1. 1939, 2. Pussy Willow', 3. The Rescue', 'Casting and Gathering', 'The Golden Bough' (photocopy), 'Proper Names', 'A Retrospect', 'Man and Boy', 'Wheels Within Wheels', 'The Schoolbag', 'The Pitchfork' (photocopy), 'A Frame of Mind' and poems from the 'Squarings' sequence. Also included is worksheet containing manuscript drafts of possible titles, including 'Seeing Things', 'The World of Light' and 'The Light of Morning'. more
In collection:	Seamus Heaney Literary Papers, 1963-2010
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Heaney, Seamus, > 1939-2013
Notes:	Includes a drafted dated July - August 1990. Taken from a folder originally marked as 'Seeing Things' by Heaney. 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: 127 pages; 3 folders. more
Arrangement:	Sub fonds