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  2. The Cure at Troy - Wikipedia

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    Frontispiece from the Farrar, Straus and Giroux first American edition. The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes is a verse adaptation by Seamus Heaney of Sophocles ' play Philoctetes. It was first published in 1991. [1] The story comes from one of the myths relating to the Trojan War. It is dedicated in memory of poet and ...

  3. Seamus Heaney - Wikipedia

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    Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume. American poet Robert Lowell described him as "the most important Irish poet since Yeats ", and ...

  4. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-0374111199. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (also known as Heaneywulf[ 1 ]) is a verse translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf into modern English by the Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney. It was published in 1999 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux and Faber and Faber, and won that year's Whitbread Book of the Year Award.

  5. Seamus Heaney Centre - Wikipedia

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    Heaney graduated from Queens in 1961 with a First Class Honours in English language and literature. [1] It was officially opened in February 2004 as "The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry", and its founding director was the poet and Queen's graduate Ciaran Carson. [2] [3] Carson retired as director in 2014. He was replaced by Prof. Fran Brearton ...

  6. The Burial at Thebes - Wikipedia

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    The play contains many digressions from the Greek original, Heaney adding Irish idiom and expanding the involvement of some characters such as the Guard. Relevant to the time of its writing, Heaney also adds in "Bushisms", referencing George W. Bush and his approach to leadership, drawing a parallel between him and the character of Creon.

  7. Arches of the foot - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical terminology. [ edit on Wikidata] The arches of the foot, formed by the tarsal and metatarsal bones, strengthened by ligaments and tendons, allow the foot to support the weight of the body in the erect posture with the least weight. They are categorized as longitudinal and transverse arches.

  8. Buile Shuibhne - Wikipedia

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    Buile Shuibhne. Buile Shuibhne or Buile Suibne[a] (Irish pronunciation: [ˈbˠɪlʲə ˈhɪvʲnʲə], The Madness of Suibhne or Suibhne's Frenzy) is a medieval Irish tale about Suibhne mac Colmáin, king of the Dál nAraidi, who was driven insane by the curse of Saint Rónán Finn. The insanity makes Suibhne leave the Battle of Mag Rath and ...

  9. Transverse arch of foot - Wikipedia

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