Scotland's Harvest : : Scottish Poetry and World War Two.
"This study is the first exploration of the impact of World War Two on Scottish poets of both the front line and the home front. World War One has always been thought of as the poet's war, one of horror and futility. The poetry of World War Two, by contrast, has long languished in its shad...
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| Superior document: | SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature Series ; v.34 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Growing for, or through, war?
- Combatants. 'Mak siccar!': Hamish Henderson (1919-2002)
- Committed and confessional: Sorley MacLean (1911-1996)
- 'The secret hollow': George Campbell Hay (1915-1984)
- 'Private Morgan' and 'Geerie' the Kriegy: Edwin Morgan (1920-2010) and Robert Garioch (1909-1981)
- The second rank: other Scottish poets in the forces
- Non-combatants. 'The war for libertie!' The cases of Douglas Young (1913-1973) and Norman MacCaig (1910-1996)
- The home front: Scottish civilian poets of World War Two
- The old guard: Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978) and Edwin Muir (1888-1959)
- 'It does not mak siccar you ken aboot weemin': Scottish women poets of World War Two
- Conclusion: 'The harvest'.