Seamus once began a lecture by thanking his colleague Helen Vendler for her introduction and adding that he always appreciated her truthfulness, especially when she was able to praise him.

In important scholarly studies of classic authors, Ms. Vendler offered fresh interpretations of the 17th-century metaphysical poet George Herbert, Wallace Stevens, Seamus Heaney, the Keats of the ...

Helen Vendler, who teaches at Harvard, has recently written The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets and a book on Seamus Heaney (Harper Collins, 1998). She is working on a book on the verse styles of W.B ...

Seamus Heaney’s collection North turns 50 next month, but does it still have relevance for today’s readers and critics? In advance of a major conference to mark the milestone at Queen‘s ...