A kist o skinklan things : an anthology of Scots poetry from the first and second waves of the Scottish Renaissance

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Label

A kist o skinklan things : an anthology of Scots poetry from the first and second waves of the Scottish Renaissance

Title remainder

an anthology of Scots poetry from the first and second waves of the Scottish Renaissance

Statement of responsibility

compiled and annotated by J. Derrick McClure

Contributor

• McClure, J. Derrick
• Association for Scottish Literary Studies

Annotator

• McClure, J. Derrick

Compiler

• McClure, J. Derrick

Issuing body

• Association for Scottish Literary Studies

Subject

• Scottish poetry -- 20th century
• Scotland -- Poetry

Genre

• Poetry

Language

• sco
• eng
• eng

Summary

"The twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance saw a sudden and dramatic change in Scotland's literary landscape. Beginning in the 1920s, Scottish writers increasingly engaged with contemporary social and political issues, and with questions of national identity. An integral part of this development was the radically new literary status accorded to the Scots language. MacDiarmid's immediate predecessors had introduced modern themes and linguistic experimentation to Scots poetry; and though MacDiarmid is the unquestioned central figure in the great poetic revival, he rode a rising tide. He and the poets who paved the way for him represent the first wave of the Scottish Renaissance. The second wave contains the extraordinary company of poets who wrote under his direct inspiration...A Kist o Skinklan Things contains a selection of the best work from this great period"--Publisher

Member of

• Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Publications, 46

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

824.8-1

Index

no index present

Language note

Text in Scots with introduction and notes in English

LC call number

PR8658

LC item number

.K57 2017

Literary form

poetry

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Association for Scottish literary studies

Series volume

number 46