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Whaleback City : Poems from Dundee and its Hinterlands / Andy Jackson, Bill Herbert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845861445
  • 9781474469531
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821.9208 23
LOC classification:
  • PR8692.D862 W49 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 The Tay -- 2 THE TOWN -- 3 THE TIMES -- 4 THE TYPES -- 5 THE TEMPER -- Biographical Notes -- Acknowledgements
Summary: An unique anthology of poems inspired by the city of Dundee and its surroundingsIn Whaleback City you will find poems about the city of Dundee, its history, its architecture and its landscape. There are poems spanning six centuries, capturing the spirit and temperament of its people, both celebrated and ordinary. Poets range from Sir Walter Scott and William McGonagall through to contemporary voices such as Douglas Dunn and Don Paterson. The poems themselves speak of subjects as diverse as the Tay and its bridges, the Jute industry, Liz McColgan, the People's Friend, Dens Road Market and a hundred other things that are uniquely Dundonian.Whether you love poetry or you love Dundee, this is a very special collection saluting Scotland's most industrious and enterprising city.
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Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 The Tay -- 2 THE TOWN -- 3 THE TIMES -- 4 THE TYPES -- 5 THE TEMPER -- Biographical Notes -- Acknowledgements

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An unique anthology of poems inspired by the city of Dundee and its surroundingsIn Whaleback City you will find poems about the city of Dundee, its history, its architecture and its landscape. There are poems spanning six centuries, capturing the spirit and temperament of its people, both celebrated and ordinary. Poets range from Sir Walter Scott and William McGonagall through to contemporary voices such as Douglas Dunn and Don Paterson. The poems themselves speak of subjects as diverse as the Tay and its bridges, the Jute industry, Liz McColgan, the People's Friend, Dens Road Market and a hundred other things that are uniquely Dundonian.Whether you love poetry or you love Dundee, this is a very special collection saluting Scotland's most industrious and enterprising city.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)