1. Introduction Bernard O'Donoghue; 2. Heaney's working titles: from Advancement of Learning to Midnight Anvil Rand Brandes; 3. The context of Heaney's reception Patrick Crotty; 4. Heaney in public Dennis O'Driscoll; 5. Heaney and the feminine Fran Brearton; 6. Heaney and Eastern Europe Justin Quinn; 7. Heaney's classics and the bucolic Bernard O'Donoghue; 8. Professing poetry: Heaney as critic David Wheatley; 9. Heaney and the Irish Poetic Tradition Andrew Murphy; 10. Irish influence and confluence in Heaney's poetry Dillon Johnston; 11. Heaney and Yeats Neil Corcoran; 12. Heaney's Wordsworth and the poetics of displacement Guinn Batten; 13. Heaney, Beowulf, and the medieval literature of the north Heather O'Donoghue; 14. Crediting marvels: Heaney after 50 John Wilson Foster; Guide to further reading; Index.