The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry /
McGuire, Matt
The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry / Matt McGuire, Colin Nicholson. - 1 online resource (240 p.) - Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature : ECSL .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Introduction – Feeling Independent -- CHAPTER ONE The Poetics of Devolution -- CHAPTER TWO Scottish Women’s Poetry since the 1970s -- CHAPTER THREE Contemporary Poetry in Scots -- CHAPTER FOUR Contemporary Gaelic Poetry -- CHAPTER FIVE A Democracy of Voices -- CHAPTER SIX Nomadic Subjects in Recent Poetry -- CHAPTER SEVEN Edwin Morgan -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kenneth White and John Burnside -- CHAPTER NINE Aonghas MacNeacail -- CHAPTER TEN Kathleen Jamie -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Kenneth White -- CHAPTER TWELVE Don Paterson -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
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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. Key FeaturesA thorough guide to contemporary Scottish poetry and poets, making the book an ideal course textReflects the ways in which the work of Scottish poets reflects a radical cultural independence following DevolutionProvides authoritative essays by the leading experts in the fieldIncludes a valuable synoptic bibliography
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780748636259 9780748636273
10.1515/9780748636273 doi
Dialect poetry, Scottish--History and criticism.
English poetry--Scottish authors--History and criticism.
Scottish Gaelic poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Scottish Gaelic poetry--History and criticism.--21st century
Scottish poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Scottish poetry--History and criticism.--21st century
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
821.914099411
The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry / Matt McGuire, Colin Nicholson. - 1 online resource (240 p.) - Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature : ECSL .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Introduction – Feeling Independent -- CHAPTER ONE The Poetics of Devolution -- CHAPTER TWO Scottish Women’s Poetry since the 1970s -- CHAPTER THREE Contemporary Poetry in Scots -- CHAPTER FOUR Contemporary Gaelic Poetry -- CHAPTER FIVE A Democracy of Voices -- CHAPTER SIX Nomadic Subjects in Recent Poetry -- CHAPTER SEVEN Edwin Morgan -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kenneth White and John Burnside -- CHAPTER NINE Aonghas MacNeacail -- CHAPTER TEN Kathleen Jamie -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Kenneth White -- CHAPTER TWELVE Don Paterson -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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. Key FeaturesA thorough guide to contemporary Scottish poetry and poets, making the book an ideal course textReflects the ways in which the work of Scottish poets reflects a radical cultural independence following DevolutionProvides authoritative essays by the leading experts in the fieldIncludes a valuable synoptic bibliography
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780748636259 9780748636273
10.1515/9780748636273 doi
Dialect poetry, Scottish--History and criticism.
English poetry--Scottish authors--History and criticism.
Scottish Gaelic poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Scottish Gaelic poetry--History and criticism.--21st century
Scottish poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Scottish poetry--History and criticism.--21st century
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
821.914099411