Honouring the Word is a tribute book compiled to mark the 80th birthday of poet Maurice Harmon. In addition to being a poet, Maurice Harmon is the leading scholar-critic of his generation in the field of Anglo-Irish Literature. He pioneered its development as an academic discipline and is the author of a number of significant works, from bibliographical guides to headline studies of Sean O Faolain, Austin Clarke, Thomas Kinsella, and others.