Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Legend ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Life and Contexts 6
7. Chapter 2 Burrowing and Bogs: Early Poems, Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out, North 29
8. Chapter 3 Reading the Ground and the Sky: Field Work, Station Island, The Haw Lantern 90
9. Chapter 4 Radiance: Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Electric Light 142
10. Chapter 5 Return: District and Circle, Human Chain, and Late Uncollected Poetry 190
11. Chapter 6 Prose, Drama, and Translations 233
12. Primary Works by Seamus Heaney 260
13. Annotated Bibliography of Selected Critical Books, Book Chapters, Interviews, and Essay Collections 266
14. Works Cited 272
15. Index 286