The Poetics of Symbiosis

Seamus Heaney is one of the most popular and controversial poets incontemporary Irish Literature. His poems were originally intended toaddress the struggles taking place in Northern Ireland but went onto go far beyond the local framework. Today his insights echo allover the world.The Poetics of Symbiosis closely examines and interprets Heaney'spoetry in order to provide readers with a fuller understanding ofthe symbiotic connection that lies at the heart of this remarkableartist's work.Shigeru Ozawa makes a compelling case that Heaney believes that byaddressing the duality of present and past, local and foreign, hecan bring people together and thus more directly confront theunderlying issues. In Heaney's poems, we find the symbioticinteraction of poet and readers in the cure of poetry.Thoroughly researched and immensely readable The Poetics ofSymbiosis is a must-read for critics and fans alike.