The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown
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The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown by Brian Murray
The poems of one of Scotland's finest poets collected in a single volume.
Extraordinarily effective * Robert McCrum, The Observer *
A brilliant writer * Spectator *
George Mackay Brown really does possess the magician's touch * Observer *
A dazzling writer * The Guardian *
Undoubtedly the most important document of his work to be produced so far* Shetland Times, Malachy Tallack. *
George Mackay Brown has added uniquely and steadfastly to the riches of poetry in English: his sense of the world and his way with words are powerfully at one with each other * Seamus Heaney *
The Collected Poems show the range and depth of his work, the beauty of it, "the undersong of terrible holy joy" * Scotsman *
The reader embarks on a voyage - which is how Mackay Brown himself saw his work - through the elemental world of his cliff-girt, craggy isles. * The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston *
Practically every poem has the bite of originality * TLS *
'Mackay Brown was a bardic, celebratory poet who swathed all that he wrote about in a kind of caul of sacredness' * Independent, Michael Glover *
'A must-have... [Mackay Brown] transforms the mundane with a luminous lyricism' * The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston *
'The work has both a severe beauty and mischievous wit' * The Sunday Times *
A brilliant writer * Spectator *
George Mackay Brown really does possess the magician's touch * Observer *
A dazzling writer * The Guardian *
Undoubtedly the most important document of his work to be produced so far* Shetland Times, Malachy Tallack. *
George Mackay Brown has added uniquely and steadfastly to the riches of poetry in English: his sense of the world and his way with words are powerfully at one with each other * Seamus Heaney *
The Collected Poems show the range and depth of his work, the beauty of it, "the undersong of terrible holy joy" * Scotsman *
The reader embarks on a voyage - which is how Mackay Brown himself saw his work - through the elemental world of his cliff-girt, craggy isles. * The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston *
Practically every poem has the bite of originality * TLS *
'Mackay Brown was a bardic, celebratory poet who swathed all that he wrote about in a kind of caul of sacredness' * Independent, Michael Glover *
'A must-have... [Mackay Brown] transforms the mundane with a luminous lyricism' * The Times, Rachel Campbell-Johnston *
'The work has both a severe beauty and mischievous wit' * The Sunday Times *
Brian Murray read English at Glasgow University and was a teacher in the West of Scotland. With Archie Bevan he has been editing the unpublished and uncollected work of George Mackay Brown - seven volumes to date, with an eighth just completed. Like his daughter Rowena, he was a long-term friend of the writer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719568848 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719568846 |
| Title | The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown |
| Author | Brian Murray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2006-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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