The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987.
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1989. First Printing of the First US Edition. S Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. In his volume of critical essays The Government of the Tongue, Seamus Heaney scrutinizes the poetry of many masterful poets. Throughout the collection, Heaney's gifts as.....