DEANE, SEAMUS, 1940-
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Series 2
Writings, 1970-2010
Boxes 5-13, 19, 21
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of writings by Seamus Deane and others from 1970-2010. Materials include drafts, proofs, notes, and a small amount of correspondence directly related to the writings.
Deane's writings consist of critical pieces, notebooks, novels, poetry, and translations, demonstrating Deane's range as both critic and creative writer. His critical essays and periodicals, the majority of which pertain to Irish literature, history, and politics, have been grouped chronologically. Many of these drafts are early versions of pieces that appeared in the New Yorker and the Times Literary Supplement, including his dialogue between W.B. Yeats and James Joyce written for the TLS in 1992. Deane's notebooks contain both critical notes and creative writing, including several drafts of poems. Of particular interest are multiple versions of his prize-winning novel Reading in the Dark (1996), a semi-autobiographical work set in the years leading up to the Northern Ireland Troubles. There are also multiple drafts of poems, approximately half of which are from Deane's three volumes of poetry: Gradual Wars (1972), Rumours (1977), and History Lessons (1983). The other drafts are of uncollected and unpublished work. Drafts of collected poems have been grouped by volume, with poems arranged in alphabetical order by title. Uncollected and unpublished works are grouped separately in alphabetical order by title or first line. The series also contains translation materials, including copies of source texts, drafts, and notes. The majority of the translations are by Deane, with the exception of the Italian translation of his poetry volume Gradual Wars.
Writings by others documents Deane's relationships with Irish, British, and American writers. There is a small amount of writing about Deane, including book reviews and a thesis. The majority of the material consists of essays, plays, poems, and short stories sent to Deane by various writers. Of particular note are drafts of poems by Seamus Heaney, including a complete typescript of North with Heaney's corrections. Other notable materials include typescripts of several of Brian Friel's plays for the Field Day Theatre Company, a typescript of Colum McCann's Everything in This Country Must, and plays and short prose by Thomas Kilroy and Hugh Maxton.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order by record type.
Writings by Deane | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
5 | 1 | Book reviews, circa 1973-1997 |
5 | 2 | Books of criticism, Foreign Affections: Essays on Edmund Burke, preface and introduction |
5 | 3 | Books of criticism, An Introduction to Irish Literature, proof |
5 | 4 | Edited collections, Field Day Review 6, circa 2010 |
5 | 5 | Essays and periodicals, 1975-2000 [1 of 2] |
5 | 6 | Essays and periodicals, 1975-2000 [2 of 2] |
5 | 7 | Essays and periodicals, Deane/Heaney profile for the New Yorker, proofs, March 2000 |
5 | 8 | Essays and Periodicals, "Politics and Literature" series for the Irish Press, 1970 |
5 | 9 | Essays and periodicals, undated |
6 | 1 | Introduction, Brian Friel's Faith Healer, 1990 |
6 | 2 | Notebooks [1 of 4] |
6 | 3 | Notebooks [2 of 4] |
6 | 4 | Notebooks [3 of 4] |
21 | 5 | Notebooks [4 of 4] |
6 | 5 | Notes |
6 | 6 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, complete draft [1 of 2] |
6 | 7 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, complete draft [2 of 2] |
7 | 1 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, complete draft with corrections |
7 | 2 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, draft, "Part One, Chapter Two" |
7 | 3 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, draft, "Section One" |
7 | 4 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, draft, "Stairs, February 1945" through "Katie's Story, August 1950" |
7 | 5 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, draft, "Rats, September 1950" through "Sergeant Burke, October 1954" |
7 | 6 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, draft fragments |
7 | 7 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, "editing of sections" |
7 | 8 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, proof, Alfred A. Knopf [1 of 2] |
7 | 9 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, proof, Alfred A. Knopf [2 of 2] |
8 | 1 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, proof, Jonathan Cape [1 of 2] |
8 | 2 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, proof, Jonathan Cape [2 of 2] |
19 | 8 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, proof with corrections, Jonathan Cape |
8 | 3 | Novels, Reading in the Dark, table of contents |
8 | 4 | Novels, Wizard, draft fragments and notes |
8 | 5 | Novels, unidentified work, draft |
8 | 6 | Poetry, Gradual Wars, drafts |
8 | 7 | Poetry, History Lessons, drafts |
8 | 8 | Poetry, Rumours, complete and variant typescripts |
8 | 9 | Poetry, Rumours, drafts |
8 | 10 | Poetry, Rumours, page proof with corrections, May 1977 |
8 | 11 | Poetry, Rumours, page proof, circa May 1977 |
9 | 1 | Poetry, uncollected poems [1 of 2] |
9 | 2 | Poetry, uncollected poems [2 of 2] |
9 | 3 | Poetry, uncollected sequence, "Late Afternoon Hotel" |
9 | 4 | Poetry, untitled poems and fragments |
9 | 5 | Radio programs, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) |
21 | 6 | Report and notes on Edward Said, 1999 |
9 | 6 | Translations by Deane, Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing Volume IV, English translations from the Irish |
9 | 7 | Translations by Deane, Gradual Wars in French |
9 | 8 | Translations by Deane, Gradual Wars in German |
9 | 9 | Translations by Deane, Italian poetry (Zanzotto, Luzi, Ungaretti, Leopardi) |
9 | 10 | Translations by Deane, Mac Cumhaigh, Art, "The Chuchyard at Cregan" |
9 | 11 | Translations by Deane, Turning Tides: Modern Dutch and Flemish Verse in English Versions by Irish poets, circa 1994 |
9 | 12 | Translations of Deane, Gradual Wars in Italian |
Writings by others about Deane | ||
10 | 1 | Book reviews |
10 | 2 | Gori, Lucia, "Temi della poesia e della narrative di Seamus Deane da While Jews Rot," thesis, 1999 |
10 | 3 | Heaney, Seamus with Brian Barfield, "January Review: The Arts in Ireland," BBC Radio Four Northern Ireland, circa 1972 |
10 | 4 | Reading in the Dark essays and reviews |
Writings by others | ||
10 | 5 | Bennett, Ronan, Reading in the Dark: an adaptation of the novel by Seamus Deane, play, 2000 |
10 | 6 | Birch, Sister Michele, "And Again the Dance," poem |
10 | 7 | Brown, George MacKay, "The Fight at Greenay," short story |
10 | 8 | Cantwell, Kevin, Border States, poetry collection |
10 | 9 | Clay, Diskin, poems |
10 | 10 | Cobey, Patricia, "Jesus," short story |
10 | 11 | De Freyne, Leo, "Rendevous (A Romance)," experimental prose |
10 | 12 | DeLuna, D.N. and Glenn Burgess, The Political Imagination in History: Essays concerning J.G.A. Pocock, book description |
10 | 13 | di Camillo, Kevin Thomas Patrick, poems |
10 | 14 | Friel, Brian, Aristocrats, play |
11 | 1 | Friel, Brian, Dancing at Lughnasa, play |
11 | 2 | Friel, Brian, Faith Healer, play [variant title: Bannermen] |
11 | 3 | Griffin, Michael, Thomas Dermody, Selected Writings, Field Day Editions |
11 | 4 | Healy, Dermot, poems |
11 | 5 | Heaney, Seamus, Belfast Group Worksheet: "Icon", "Limbo", "Wedding Day", "The Last Mummer", "High Street, Belfast, 1786", "Tweed", "Dawn", "Bye-Child" |
11 | 6 | Heaney, Seamus, The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctotes, play |
11 | 7 | Heaney, Seamus, Electric Light, "In Memory of Rory Kavangh" and "The Gaeltacht," poems |
11 | 8 | Heaney, Seamus, Field Work, "Preludes in Glanmore," poems [collected as "Glanmore Sonnets"] |
11 | 9 | Heaney, Seamus, Field Work, poems |
11 | 10 | Heaney, Seamus, North, complete typescript with corrections [includes "Glanmore Sonnets"] |
11 | 11 | Heaney, Seamus, North, Hercules and Antaeus," "On an Ancient Site" [variant title "Belderg"], and "The Digging Skeleton," poems |
11 | 12 | Heaney, Seamus, "An Open Letter," typescripts |
11 | 13 | Heaney, Seamus, packet of poems [includes "A Villanelle for Marie," "A Toy for Catherine," "A Kite for Michael and Christopher," "A Peacock's Feather," "A Hank of Wool," "A Cart for Edward Gallagher," "A Deer in Glanmore," "Near Anahorish: A Visitation," "New Worlds," and "Late Offerings"] |
11 | 14 | Heaney, Seamus, Seeing Things, poems from Part I |
11 | 15 | Heaney, Seamus, Seeing Things, poems from "Squarings" sequence |
11 | 16 | Heaney, Seamus, Station Island, revisions, "Section XII" and "Chekhov on Sakhalin" |
11 | 17 | Heaney, Seamus, Station Island, Sweeney poems |
11 | 18 | Heaney, Seamus, Sweeney Astray, typescript |
11 | 19 | Heaney, Seamus, uncollected poems, "For a Young Father" |
11 | 20 | Heaney, Seamus with Seamus Deane, Seamus Heaney: The Incertus Years, pamphlet, 1989 |
11 | 21 | Huxley, G.L., "Memories of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and Thoughts Concerning Bloody Sunday," essay, 2001 |
11 | 22 | Keady, Martin, Brigid McLoughlin, screenplay based on Reading in the Dark, 1999 |
12 | 1 | Kilfeather, Siobhán, untitled typescript on 18th-century Irish women writers, circa 2000 |
12 | 2 | Kilroy, Jon, "The Early Riser (a poem for Rory)" |
12 | 3 | Kilroy, Thomas, The Bracken Play, play |
12 | 4 | Kilroy, Thomas, Double Cross, play |
12 | 5 | Kilroy, Thomas, short prose |
12 | 6 | Lerner, Laurence, poems |
12 | 7 | Mahon, Derek, "The Last Dane," poem |
12 | 8 | Mathews, Aidan C., Exit: A Play in Five Scenes, 1983 |
12 | 9 | Mathews, Aidan C., poems |
12 | 10 | McCann, Colum, Everything in This Country Must, novella and two stories |
13 | 1 | McCormack, W.J. [Hugh Maxton], "Bomb Culture," poem |
13 | 2 | McCormack, W.J., The Dog in Office: a responsible pantomime, 1983 |
13 | 3 | McCormack, W.J., Erasmus Series, "Introduction to The Plough and the Stars, essay |
13 | 4 | McCormack, W.J., "Swift Mail: Thirty Postcards to a Friend," cover page |
13 | 5 | McGahern, John, "May They All Climb Trees: Change in Our Time," essay, circa 1999 [published as "What Ever You Say, Say Nothing"] |
13 | 6 | Michaels, Leonard, "Murderers," short story |
13 | 7 | Muldoon, Paul, "Paul Muldoon Poetry Reading," transcription, Irish Seminar, Dublin, July 18, 2003 |
13 | 8 | Muldoon, Paul, untitled play based on James Joyce's "The Dead" |
13 | 9 | Ó Crualaoich, Gearóid, Cultural Tradition, essay collection |
13 | 10 | O'Grady, Desmond, "These Fields in Springtime," poem |
13 | 11 | O'Reilly, Sean, Curfew and other stories, short story collection |
13 | 12 | Pine, Richard, "Rough Edges: Commitment in Contemporary Irish drama," essay, 1989 |
13 | 13 | Rosenberg, Carolyn, "Let Our Gaze Blaze," book chapter, 1979 |
13 | 14 | Sheehan, Ronan, "Paradise," short story, circa 1991 |
13 | 15 | Students' essays, University of Notre Dame |
13 | 16 | Tate, James, "The Crushing Rose," poem |
13 | 17 | Tate, James, short stories |
13 | 18 | Tessier, Thomas, poems |
13 | 19 | Unidentified author, untitled short story |
13 | 20 | Unidentified authors, poems |