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Government of the Tongue
Seamus Heaney
The title, The Government of the Tongue, carries suggestions of both monastic discipline and untrammelled romanticism, and is meant to raise an old question about the rights and status of poetic utterance itself.
208 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 5, 1989 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571141517 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 127 × 196 × 16 mm · 236 g |
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