{"product_id":"preoccupations-selected-prose-1968-1978-9780374516505","title":"Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobel laureate Seamus Heaney's first collection of prose, \u003ci\u003ePreoccupations\u003c\/i\u003e, begins with a vivid account of his early years on his father's farm in Northern Ireland and his coming of age as a student and teacher in Belfast. Subsequent essays include critical work on Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Robert Lowell, William Butler Yeats, John Montague, Patrick Kavanagh, Ted Hughes, Geoffrey Hill, and Philip Larkin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1939 in Northern Ireland. His award-winning books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eThe Haw Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1987), \u003ci\u003eSeeing Things\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1991), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1996). A resident of Dublin, he has taught at Oxford and Harvard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503271678226,"sku":"9780374516505","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef49c749-1ef2-47c5-8adc-3840fccd8c6e.jpg?v=1730787007","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/preoccupations-selected-prose-1968-1978-9780374516505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}