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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817979703321

Titolo

The international companion to Edwin Morgan / / edited by Alan Riach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Glasgow : , : Scottish Literature International, , 2015

ISBN

1-908980-17-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 PDF (xviii, 213 pages).)

Collana

International companions to Scottish literature

Disciplina

821.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief biography of Edwin Morgan -- Introduction : presence, process, prize / Alan Riach -- 1. The once and future pilot / James McGonigal -- 2. Edwin Morgan's scrapbooks / Dorothy McMillan -- 3. Full flourish : major collections of the 1960's and 1970's / David Kinloch -- 4. Edwin Morgan's poetry from Scotland / Cairns Craig -- 5. Cold War Morgan / Adam Piette -- 6. Morgan and the city / Robyn Marsack -- 7. Edwin Morgan and European modernism / Ernest Schonfield -- 8. Concrete realities / John Corbett -- 9. Edwin Morgan's theatre / Anne Varty -- 10. Into the twenty-first century : from demon to dream / Hamish Whyte.

Sommario/riassunto

Edwin Morgan (1920-2010) is one of the giants of modern poetry. Scotland's national poet from 2004 to his death in 2010, in his long life he produced an incredible range of work, from the playful to the profound. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION gives a comprehensive overview of Morgan's poetry and drama. A range of expert contributors guide the reader along Morgan's astonishing, multi-faceted trajectory through space and time, and provide students with an essential and accessible general introduction to his life and work.