Poets And Poetry Of Scotland

Author : Gerard Carruthers
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307269713

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Scottish Poems by Gerard Carruthers Pdf

In time for Burns Night (the annual celebration of Scottish culture that takes place on January 25, the birthday of Robert Burns)—a sweeping literary tour of Scotland from the Middle Ages to the present, the only single-volume collection of Scottish poetry currently available. Scottish poetry has a long and distinguished history in three languages—English, Scots, and Gaelic—and all are well represented here. The most renowned and beloved poets—Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Muriel Spark among them—mingle with their lesser-known but equally distinctive compatriots, including many of those who have emerged from the recent Scottish poetry renaissance. The poems are organized by theme: from matters of the heart to subjects spiritual and philosophical to the poetry of place. All of the verse is marked by a characteristic energy, wit, satire, and passionate lyrical intensity, and all demonstrates the power of art that proudly emanates from, but is never limited by, the place of its birth.

Author : Gaby Morgan
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781529048759

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My Heart’s in the Highlands by Gaby Morgan Pdf

My Heart’s In the Highlands: Classic Scottish Poems is a glorious celebration of poetry and verse by the greatest classic Scottish poets, and introduced by the acclaimed poet John Glenday. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. The poems in this collection are selected by editor, Gaby Morgan. With poems from famous Scottish writers such as Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Mary Queen of Scots herself there is plenty here to enjoy and inspire. The collection roams across so many aspects of Scottish life and culture; its landscape and its history, its people and its celebrations. It’s a country that has always inspired poets to write about love, nature and heritage, and to reflect on the important things of life.

Author : Andrew Redman Bonar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : English poetry
ISBN : BL:A0026349790

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The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, from James I. to the Present Time, with Biographical Sketches and Critical Remarks by Andrew Redman Bonar Pdf

Author : Peter Mackay,Edna Longley,Fran Brearton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139499941

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Modern Irish and Scottish Poetry by Peter Mackay,Edna Longley,Fran Brearton Pdf

The comparative study of the literatures of Ireland and Scotland has emerged as a distinct and buoyant field in recent years. This collection of new essays offers the first sustained comparison of modern Irish and Scottish poetry, featuring close readings of texts within broad historical and political contextualisation. Playing on influences, crossovers, connections, disconnections and differences, the 'affinities' and 'opposites' traced in this book cross both Irish and Scottish poetry in many directions. Contributors include major scholars of the new 'archipelagic' approach, as well as leading Irish and Scottish poets providing important insights into current creative practice. Poets discussed include W. B. Yeats, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean, Louis MacNeice, Edwin Morgan, Douglas Dunn, Seamus Heaney, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Michael Longley, Medbh McGuckian, Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, Don Paterson and Kathleen Jamie. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of poetry from these islands in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Author : David Herschell Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : English poetry
ISBN : HARVARD:32044094198850

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One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets by David Herschell Edwards Pdf

Author : David Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Scottish poetry
ISBN : BL:A0017077589

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The History of Scottish Poetry ... Edited by J. A. Carlyle. With a Memoir [by D. Laing] and Glossary by David Irving Pdf

Author : Colin Waters
Publisher : Vagabound Voices Pub Limited
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1908251352

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Be the First to Like this by Colin Waters Pdf

Throw a stone in Edinburgh or Glasgow today and you'll hit a poet. The Scottish spoken word scene has exploded, reaching a level of popularity last seen in the late 1970s, another era, coincidentally, when the issue of Scottish self-determination was in the air. A generation of poets has emerged who have grown up in an age of change, political and technological, with the internet providing them not only with new ways of sharing writing - through their websites, podcasts, Twitter - but also in some cases with a subject too. It's a scene where you are just as liable to encounter ancient gods as you are video game characters. This book is a survey, a yearbook, a celebration, and a promise of things to come.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : English poetry
ISBN : UOM:49015000711755

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The Poets and Poetry of Scotland by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gerard Carruthers
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307269713

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Scottish Poems by Gerard Carruthers Pdf

In time for Burns Night (the annual celebration of Scottish culture that takes place on January 25, the birthday of Robert Burns)—a sweeping literary tour of Scotland from the Middle Ages to the present, the only single-volume collection of Scottish poetry currently available. Scottish poetry has a long and distinguished history in three languages—English, Scots, and Gaelic—and all are well represented here. The most renowned and beloved poets—Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Muriel Spark among them—mingle with their lesser-known but equally distinctive compatriots, including many of those who have emerged from the recent Scottish poetry renaissance. The poems are organized by theme: from matters of the heart to subjects spiritual and philosophical to the poetry of place. All of the verse is marked by a characteristic energy, wit, satire, and passionate lyrical intensity, and all demonstrates the power of art that proudly emanates from, but is never limited by, the place of its birth.

Author : George Eyre-Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : English poetry
ISBN : PRNC:32101071987596

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Scottish Poetry of the Eighteenth Century... by George Eyre-Todd Pdf

Author : James G. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337880258

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The Poets and Poetry of Scotland by James G. Wilson Pdf

Author : Various
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:8596547338802

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Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century by Various Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Nan Shepherd
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780857863607

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The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd Pdf

AS SEEN ON BBC’S WINTERWATCH WITH CHRIS PACKHAM AND MICHAELA STRACHAN 'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' Guardian In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.

Author : James Grant Wilson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020916168

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The Poets and Poetry of Scotland by James Grant Wilson Pdf

This work offers an extensive survey of Scottish poetry from the early Middle Ages to the modern era. The author provides biographical sketches of the country's most notable poets and includes examples of their work. It is an excellent resource for any literature scholar or lover of Scottish poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Matt McGuire
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748636273

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Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry by Matt McGuire Pdf

The last three decades have seen unprecedented flourishing of creativity across the Scottish literary landscape, so that contemporary Scottish poetry constitutes an internationally renowned, award-winning body of work. At the heart of this has been the work of poets. As this poetry makes space for its own innovative concerns, it renegotiates the poetic inheritance of preceding generations. At the same time, Scottish poetry continues to be animated by writing from other places. The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry is the definitive guide to this flourishing poetic scene. Its chapters examine Scottish poetry in all three of the nation's languages. It analyses many thematic preoccupations: tradition and innovation; revolutions in gender; the importance of place; the aesthetic politics of devolution. These chapters are complemented by extended close readings of the work of key poets that have defined this era, including Edwin Morgan, Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, Aonghas MacNeacail and John Burnside.