Sweeney Astray
| Author | : Seamus Heaney |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2014-01-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781466855809 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1466855800 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (800 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sweeney Astray by : Seamus Heaney
Download or read book Sweeney Astray written by Seamus Heaney and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibne. Its hero, Mad Sweeney, undergoes a series of purgatorial adventures after he is cursed by a saint and turned into a bird at the Battle of Moira. Heaney's translation not only restores to us a work of historical and literary importance but offers the genius of one of our greatest living poets to reinforce its claims on the reader of contemporary literature.