| Scottish Poems Contributor(s): Carruthers, Gerard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 030726971X ISBN-13: 9780307269713 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: In time for Burns Night (the annual celebration of Scottish culture that takes place on January 25, the birthday of Robert Burns) comes a sweeping literary tour of Scotland from the Middle Ages to the present. The poems in this collection are marked by a passionate lyrical intensity that demonstrate the power that emanates from the place of their birth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 821.008 |
| LCCN: 2008028459 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 4.82" W x 6.52" (0.55 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scottish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In time for Burns Night (the annual celebration of Scottish culture that takes place on January 25, the birthday of Robert Burns)--a sweeping literary tour of Scotland from the Middle Ages to the present, the only single-volume collection of Scottish poetry currently available. Scottish poetry has a long and distinguished history in three languages--English, Scots, and Gaelic--and all are well represented here. The most renowned and beloved poets--Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Muriel Spark among them--mingle with their lesser-known but equally distinctive compatriots, including many of those who have emerged from the recent Scottish poetry renaissance. The poems are organized by theme: from matters of the heart to subjects spiritual and philosophical to the poetry of place. All of the verse is marked by a characteristic energy, wit, satire, and passionate lyrical intensity, and all demonstrates the power of art that proudly emanates from, but is never limited by, the place of its birth. |