Ffeil / File AAB/3 - The Art of Seamus Heaney (Poetry Wales Press, 1982 (and later editions))

Material relating to the compilation and publication of The Art of Seamus Heaney, edited by Tony Curtis and originally published by Poetry Wales Press in 1982, with an introduction by Curtis (see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/product/the-art-of-seamus-heaney-paperback/), with references also to later editions of the publication. The material comprises: letters, 1988-1995, to Tony Curtis from Seamus Heaney (two addressed from Cambridge, Massachusetts (see note on Seamus Heaney, below), the remainder addressed from Heaney's home in Dublin), together with photocopied letter from Heaney to Professor Patrick Crotty, with brief note from Heaney to Curtis, and photocopied text of Seamus Heaney's play 'Munro'; letters, 1981-1993 and undated, to Tony Curtis from contributors/potential contributors to The Art of Seamus Heaney, including Professor Edna Longley, Dr Philip Hobsbaum, Professor Ciarán Carson, Professor Christopher Ricks, Professor Barbara Hardy, Douglas Dunn, Anne Stevenson, Bernard O'Donoghue, Peter Fallon, Professor Helen Vendler, Professor Patrick Crotty, Professor Macha Rosenthal, Professor Dick Davis, David (Annwn) Jones and Professor Blake Morrison; letter, 1981, to Tony Curtis from potential publishers Faber and Faber and, 1982, 1984-1985, from eventual publishers Poetry Wales Press; letters, 1984-1985, from Tony Curtis to potential contributors Professor Helen Vendler, Professor Christopher Ricks and Professor Jeremy Hooker and to Poetry Wales Press; research material relating to Seamus Heaney; photocopied acknowledgements, introduction and biographical note on Tony Curtis taken from The Art of Seamus Heaney; and Poetry Wales Press leaflet detailing press publications, including those by, or which include contributions by, Tony Curtis.

Not all correspondents are indexed: for access to full range of correspondents, it is recommended that this section of the archive is requested for viewing.

See also August 2002 and April 2016 papers under heading Goddard College.