{"product_id":"in-gratitude-for-all-the-gifts-seamus-heaney-and-eastern-europe-9781442644984","title":"In Gratitude for All the Gifts: Seamus Heaney and Eastern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Magadalena Kay\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Gratitude for All the Gifts\u003c\/em\u003e explores the literary and cultural links between the bestselling, Nobel Prize-winning Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney and the preeminent Eastern European poets of the twentieth century, including fellow Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz and Zbigniew Herbert. Magdalena Kay opens new ground in comparative literary studies with her close analysis of Heaney's poetic work from the perspective of the English-speaking West's attraction, and especially Heane''s own attraction, to Eastern European poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile placing Milosz and Herbert in their cultural contexts and keeping an eye on the poems in their original Polish, this innovative and energetic study focuses on how Heaney encountered their work in translation. \u003cem\u003eIn Gratitude for All the Gifts\u003c\/em\u003e thus allows us to see what happens when poetic forms, histories, and themes travel between countries and encourages us to understand cultural crossing not just thematically, but also in terms of form, voice, and aesthetic intent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47780733288599,"sku":"9781442644984","price":8624.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442644984.webp?v=1778047689","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-gratitude-for-all-the-gifts-seamus-heaney-and-eastern-europe-9781442644984","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}