Book contents
- Seamus Heaney and Catholicism
- Seamus Heaney and Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 ‘Innerspaces of an Early Life’
- Chapter 2 Renewing the Ordinary
- Chapter 3 ‘Pining for Ceremony’
- Chapter 4 ‘Habit’s Afterlife’
- Chapter 5 ‘Things Beyond Measure’
- Chapter 6 ‘Well-Water Far Down’
- Afterword
- Works Cited
- Index
- References
Works Cited
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 February 2025
Book contents
- Seamus Heaney and Catholicism
- Seamus Heaney and Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 ‘Innerspaces of an Early Life’
- Chapter 2 Renewing the Ordinary
- Chapter 3 ‘Pining for Ceremony’
- Chapter 4 ‘Habit’s Afterlife’
- Chapter 5 ‘Things Beyond Measure’
- Chapter 6 ‘Well-Water Far Down’
- Afterword
- Works Cited
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Seamus Heaney and Catholicism , pp. 215 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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