The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry / / Matt McGuire, Colin Nicholson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: McGuire, Matt,; Nicholson, Colin,
• MitwirkendeR: Craig, Cairns,; Fazzini, Marco,; Gillis, Alan,; Hubbard, Tom,; Mackay, Peter,; Matthews, Kirsten,; McGuire, Matt,; Nicholson, Colin,; O’Gallagher, Niall,; Riach, Alan,; Wilson, Fiona,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature : ECSL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

The last three decades have seen unprecedented flourishing of creativity across the Scottish literary landscape, so that contemporary Scottish poetry constitutes an internationally renowned, award-winning body of work. At the heart of this has been the work of poets. As this poetry makes space for its own innovative concerns, it renegotiates the poetic inheritance of preceding generations. At the same time, Scottish poetry continues to be animated by writing from other places. The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry is the definitive guide to this flourishing poetic scene. Its chapters examine Scottish poetry in all three of the nation's languages. It analyses many thematic preoccupations: tradition and innovation; revolutions in gender; the importance of place; the aesthetic politics of devolution. These chapters are complemented by extended close readings of the work of key poets that have defined this era, including Edwin Morgan, Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, Aonghas MacNeacail and John Burnside. Key FeaturesA thorough guide to contemporary Scottish poetry and poets, making the book an ideal course textReflects the ways in which the work of Scottish poets reflects a radical cultural independence following DevolutionProvides authoritative essays by the leading experts in the fieldIncludes a valuable synoptic bibliography

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Introduction – Feeling Independent -- CHAPTER ONE The Poetics of Devolution -- CHAPTER TWO Scottish Women’s Poetry since the 1970s -- 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