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{{Infobox book
{{Infobox book
| name = Electric Light
| name = Electric Light
| image = [[File:ElectricLightHeaney.jpg]]
| image = File:ElectricLightHeaney.jpg
| caption = Hardback first edition
| caption = Hardback first American edition
| author = [[Seamus Heaney]]
| author = [[Seamus Heaney]]
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = English
| genre = [[Poetry|Poetry Collection]]
| genre = [[Poetry|Poetry collection]]
| publisher = [[Faber and Faber]], London
| publisher = [[Faber and Faber]], London
| release_date = 2001
| release_date = 2001
| media_type = Print
| media_type = Print
| pages = 81
| pages = 81
| isbn = ISBN 978-0-571-20798-5
| isbn = 978-0-571-20798-5
| oclc = 45592796
| oclc = 45592796
| preceded_by = [[The Spirit Level (poetry book)|The Spirit Level]]
| preceded_by = [[The Spirit Level (poetry book)|The Spirit Level]]
| followed_by = [[District and Circle]]
| followed_by = [[District and Circle]]
}}
}}
'''Electric Light''' ([[Faber and Faber]], 2001, ISBN 978-0-571-20798-5) is a poetry collection by [[Seamus Heaney]], who received the 1995 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. The collection explores childhood, nature, and poetry itself.
'''''Electric Light''''' ([[Faber and Faber]], 2001, {{ISBN|978-0-571-20798-5}}) is a poetry collection by [[Seamus Heaney]], who received the 1995 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. The collection explores childhood, nature, and poetry itself.


Part one presents translations and adaptations, occasional and celebratory poems, and verse about travel in the [[Gaeltacht]], the [[Balkans]] and [[Greece]]. Part two of the collection consists of elegies for poets ([[Ted Hughes]], [[Joseph Brodsky]], and [[Zbigniew Herbert]]), and Heaney's relatives and friends.
Part one presents translations and adaptations, occasional and celebratory poems, and verse about travel in the [[Gaeltacht]], the [[Balkans]] and [[Greece]]. Part two of the collection consists of elegies for poets ([[Ted Hughes]], [[Joseph Brodsky]], and [[Zbigniew Herbert]]), and Heaney's relatives and friends.
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==Contents==
==Contents==

{{Div col|cols=2|small=no}}
At Toomebridge <br />
* At Toomebridge
Perch <br />
* Perch
Lupins <br />
* Lupins
Out of the Bag 1 <br />
* Out of the Bag 1
Out of the Bag 2 <br />
* Out of the Bag 2
Out of the Bag 3 <br />
* Out of the Bag 3
Out of the Bag 4 <br />
* Out of the Bag 4
Bann Valley Eclogue <br />
* Bann Valley Eclogue
Montana <br />
* Montana
The Loose Box <br />
* The Loose Box
Turpin Song <br />
* Turpin Song
The Border Campaign <br />
* The Border Campaign
Known World <br />
* Known World
The Little Canticles of Asturias 1 <br />
* The Little Canticles of Asturias 1
The Little Canticles of Asturias 2 <br />
* The Little Canticles of Asturias 2
The Little Canticles of Asturias 3 <br />
* The Little Canticles of Asturias 3
Ballynahinch Lake <br />
* Ballynahinch Lake
The Clothes Shrine <br />
* The Clothes Shrine
Red, White and Blue 1. Red <br />
* Red, White and Blue 1. Red
Red, White and Blue 2. White <br />
* Red, White and Blue 2. White
Red, White and Blue 3. Blue <br />
* Red, White and Blue 3. Blue
Virgil: Eclogue IX <br />
* Virgil: Eclogue IX
Glanmore Eclogue <br />
* Glanmore Eclogue
Sonnets from Hellas 1. Into Arcadia <br />
* Sonnets from Hellas 1. Into Arcadia
Sonnets from Hellas 2. Conkers <br />
* Sonnets from Hellas 2. Conkers
Sonnets from Hellas 3. Pylos <br />
* Sonnets from Hellas 3. Pylos
Sonnets from Hellas 4. The Augean Stables <br />
* Sonnets from Hellas 4. The Augean Stables
Sonnets from Hellas 5. Castalian Spring <br />
* Sonnets from Hellas 5. Castalian Spring
Sonnets from Hellas 6. Desfina <br />
* Sonnets from Hellas 6. Desfina
The Gaeltacht <br />
* The Gaeltacht
The Real Name <br />
* The Real Name
The Bookcase <br />
* The Bookcase
Vitruviana <br />
* Vitruviana
Ten Glosses 1. The Marching Season <br />
* Ten Glosses 1. The Marching Season
Ten Glosses 2. The Catechism <br />
* Ten Glosses 2. The Catechism
Ten Glosses 3. The Bridge <br />
* Ten Glosses 3. The Bridge
Ten Glosses 4. A Suit <br />
* Ten Glosses 4. A Suit
Ten Glosses 5. The Party <br />
* Ten Glosses 5. The Party
Ten Glosses 6. W. H. Auden 1907-73 <br />
* Ten Glosses 6. W. H. Auden 1907-73
Ten Glosses 7. The Lesson <br />
* Ten Glosses 7. The Lesson
Ten Glosses 8. Moling's Gloss <br />
* Ten Glosses 8. Moling's Gloss
Ten Glosses 9. Colly <br />
* Ten Glosses 9. Colly
Ten Glosses 10. A Norman Simile <br />
* Ten Glosses 10. A Norman Simile
The Fragment <br />
* The Fragment
On His Work in the English Tongue (1) <br />
* On His Work in the English Tongue (1)
On His Work in the English Tongue (2) <br />
* On His Work in the English Tongue (2)
On His Work in the English Tongue (3) <br />
* On His Work in the English Tongue (3)
On His Work in the English Tongue (4) <br />
* On His Work in the English Tongue (4)
On His Work in the English Tongue (5) <br />
* On His Work in the English Tongue (5)
Audenesque <br />
* Audenesque
To the Shade of Zbigniew Herbert <br />
* To the Shade of Zbigniew Herbert
'Would They Had Stay'd' <br />
* 'Would They Had Stay'd'
Late in the Day <br />
* Late in the Day
Arion <br />
* Arion
Bodies and Souls <br />
* Bodies and Souls
Clonmany to Ahascragh <br />
* Clonmany to Ahascragh
Sruth <br />
* Sruth
Seeing the Sick <br />
* Seeing the Sick
Electric Light <br />
* Electric Light
{{Div col end}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/jun/16/poetry.features Lux perpetua: Seamus Heaney on the making of his collection, ''Electric Light'']
* [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jun/16/poetry.features Lux perpetua: Seamus Heaney on the making of his collection, ''Electric Light'']
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/mar/23/poetry.seamusheaney1 Ten Glosses: Verse by Seamus Heaney]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/23/poetry.seamusheaney1 Ten Glosses: Verse by Seamus Heaney]


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Latest revision as of 06:54, 14 March 2024

Electric Light
Hardback first American edition
AuthorSeamus Heaney
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry collection
PublisherFaber and Faber, London
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages81
ISBN978-0-571-20798-5
OCLC45592796
Preceded byThe Spirit Level 
Followed byDistrict and Circle 

Electric Light (Faber and Faber, 2001, ISBN 978-0-571-20798-5) is a poetry collection by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. The collection explores childhood, nature, and poetry itself.

Part one presents translations and adaptations, occasional and celebratory poems, and verse about travel in the Gaeltacht, the Balkans and Greece. Part two of the collection consists of elegies for poets (Ted Hughes, Joseph Brodsky, and Zbigniew Herbert), and Heaney's relatives and friends.

Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on the Seamus Heaney Collected Poems album.

Contents

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  • At Toomebridge
  • Perch
  • Lupins
  • Out of the Bag 1
  • Out of the Bag 2
  • Out of the Bag 3
  • Out of the Bag 4
  • Bann Valley Eclogue
  • Montana
  • The Loose Box
  • Turpin Song
  • The Border Campaign
  • Known World
  • The Little Canticles of Asturias 1
  • The Little Canticles of Asturias 2
  • The Little Canticles of Asturias 3
  • Ballynahinch Lake
  • The Clothes Shrine
  • Red, White and Blue 1. Red
  • Red, White and Blue 2. White
  • Red, White and Blue 3. Blue
  • Virgil: Eclogue IX
  • Glanmore Eclogue
  • Sonnets from Hellas 1. Into Arcadia
  • Sonnets from Hellas 2. Conkers
  • Sonnets from Hellas 3. Pylos
  • Sonnets from Hellas 4. The Augean Stables
  • Sonnets from Hellas 5. Castalian Spring
  • Sonnets from Hellas 6. Desfina
  • The Gaeltacht
  • The Real Name
  • The Bookcase
  • Vitruviana
  • Ten Glosses 1. The Marching Season
  • Ten Glosses 2. The Catechism
  • Ten Glosses 3. The Bridge
  • Ten Glosses 4. A Suit
  • Ten Glosses 5. The Party
  • Ten Glosses 6. W. H. Auden 1907-73
  • Ten Glosses 7. The Lesson
  • Ten Glosses 8. Moling's Gloss
  • Ten Glosses 9. Colly
  • Ten Glosses 10. A Norman Simile
  • The Fragment
  • On His Work in the English Tongue (1)
  • On His Work in the English Tongue (2)
  • On His Work in the English Tongue (3)
  • On His Work in the English Tongue (4)
  • On His Work in the English Tongue (5)
  • Audenesque
  • To the Shade of Zbigniew Herbert
  • 'Would They Had Stay'd'
  • Late in the Day
  • Arion
  • Bodies and Souls
  • Clonmany to Ahascragh
  • Sruth
  • Seeing the Sick
  • Electric Light
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