Ts Eliot Prize Winner
District and Circle
by Seamus Heaney
Summary
A collection that explores the "underworld" of the London Underground and the rural childhood of Ireland, weighing the past against the modern world.
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Historical Context & Significance
Heaney's only T.S. Eliot win. The title refers to London Tube lines, using the subway as a metaphor for the "layers" of history and the afterlife.