Modern Scottish Poetry by Christopher Whyte
Although Scottish poetry gained an increasingly high profile towards the end of the twentieth century, this groundbreaking work is the first book length study of the field. Christopher Whyte takes significant collections by 20 poets writing in English, Scots and Gaelic as the starting point for an examination of their whole career and of the connections between them. Poets featured include Sorley MacLean, Edwin Muir, George Campbell Hay, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Edwin Morgan, Tom Leonard, W.S. Graham, Iain Crichton Smith, Liz Lochhead, Douglas Dunn, Kathleen Jamie, Carol Ann Duffy and Aonghas MacNeacail.Whyte argues that concerns with nationalism and national identity have so far shaped our reading of Scottish poetry and that the time has come to set these aside in favour of new approaches where Scottishness will no longer be a dominant concern. His sobering yet balanced reappraisal of the failures and achievements of the interwar period offers a sound basis for the discussion of more contemporary w
As cultural history, Modern Scottish Poetry teems with ideasThe kaleidoscope of Scotland's multiple languages and cultures comes across persuasively. As cultural history, Modern Scottish Poetry teems with ideas. The kaleidoscope of Scotland's multiple languages and cultures comes across persuasively.
Christopher Whyte was Reader in Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow.Updated 22/06/2011. Freelance writer lives in Budapest
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748616008 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748616004 |
| Title | Modern Scottish Poetry |
| Author | Christopher Whyte |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2004-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 246 |
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