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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780840403321

Autore

McGuire Matt

Titolo

The Edinburgh companion to contemporary Scottish poetry [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-70303-X

1-78034-473-2

9786612703034

0-7486-3627-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature

Altri autori (Persone)

McGuireMatt <1977->

NicholsonColin

Disciplina

821.914099411

Soggetti

Scottish poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Scottish poetry - 21st century - History and criticism

English poetry - Scottish authors - History and criticism

Dialect poetry, Scottish - History and criticism

Scottish Gaelic poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Scottish Gaelic poetry - 21st century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction - Feeling Independent; CHAPTER ONE The Poetics of Devolution; CHAPTER TWO Scottish Women's Poetry since the 1970's; 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

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to take political devolution as an organising context for the presentation and discussion of main currents in contemporary Scottish poetry.