Human Chain

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Human Chain is a late poetry collection by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that reflects on memory, mortality, and human connection with his characteristic lyrical clarity.

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Human Chain canonical 12

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Seamus Heaney ⓘ
awarded Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationYear 2010 ⓘ
follows District and Circle ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasISBN 9780571253636 ⓘ
hasPoem Album ⓘ
Chanson d’Aventure ⓘ
Eelworks ⓘ
Human Chain ⓘ
Miracle ⓘ
Route 110 ⓘ
The Butts ⓘ
The Conway Stewart ⓘ
The Door Was Open and the House Was Dark ⓘ
The Riverbank Field ⓘ
hasSection I ⓘ
II ⓘ
III ⓘ
Route 110 sequence ⓘ
The Riverbank Field sequence ⓘ
includedIn Seamus Heaney bibliography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
notableAspect late work in Seamus Heaney’s career ⓘ
meditation on illness and recovery ⓘ
reflection on the Troubles in Northern Ireland ⓘ
numberOfPoems approx. 70 ⓘ
publicationYear 2010 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
shortlistedFor Griffin Poetry Prize ⓘ
TS Eliot Prize ⓘ
linked to: T. S. Eliot Prize
style formal control ⓘ
lyrical clarity ⓘ
plainspoken diction ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
family ⓘ
history ⓘ
human connection ⓘ
landscape and place ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
violence and conflict ⓘ

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