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With power having devolved to its parliament, Scotland is more a nation now that it has been since its formal union with the English crown in 1707. Taking readers from sixth century bards St. Columba and Aneirin through King James I, Robbie Burns and Sir Walter Scott to Carol Ann Duffy and Meg Bateman, The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse covers a 1,500-year, multilingual (Latin, Scots, Gaelic, English) tradition, with poems published in their original languages, along with English verse translations where necessary. St. Andrews University professor of Modern Scottish literature Robert Crawford (Spirit Machines) and Times Literary Supplement poetry editor Mick Imlah (Birthmarks) made the selections.
From Library Journal
As the first volume to provide a historically broad overview of the Scottish poetical tradition from the sixth to the end of the 20th centuries, this will be a welcome addition to larger poetry collections, adding to the diversity of their ethnically based survey anthologies. The editors, both poets themselves, celebrate the multiplicity of languages in which poems from the territories that would become modern Scotland were written and recited by providing the original and then a parallel text in English. In addition, poems presented in Scots are fully glossed. A brief introduction offers a taste of the delights to come, while biographical notes and an index of first lines give added accessibility. The format of this collection allows accessibility for the general reader, while its depth provides a good starting point for those with a more academic interest in the history of Scottish verse. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries. Karen E. S. Lempert, Facing History and Ourselves, Brookline, MA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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With power having devolved to its parliament, Scotland is more a nation now that it has been since its formal union with the English crown in 1707. Taking readers from sixth century bards St. Columba and Aneirin through King James I, Robbie Burns and Sir Walter Scott to Carol Ann Duffy and Meg Bateman, The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse covers a 1,500-year, multilingual (Latin, Scots, Gaelic, English) tradition, with poems published in their original languages, along with English verse translations where necessary. St. Andrews University professor of Modern Scottish literature Robert Crawford (Spirit Machines) and Times Literary Supplement poetry editor Mick Imlah (Birthmarks) made the selections.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
As the first volume to provide a historically broad overview of the Scottish poetical tradition from the sixth to the end of the 20th centuries, this will be a welcome addition to larger poetry collections, adding to the diversity of their ethnically based survey anthologies. The editors, both poets themselves, celebrate the multiplicity of languages in which poems from the territories that would become modern Scotland were written and recited by providing the original and then a parallel text in English. In addition, poems presented in Scots are fully glossed. A brief introduction offers a taste of the delights to come, while biographical notes and an index of first lines give added accessibility. The format of this collection allows accessibility for the general reader, while its depth provides a good starting point for those with a more academic interest in the history of Scottish verse. Recommended for larger public and academic libraries. Karen E. S. Lempert, Facing History and Ourselves, Brookline, MA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
See all Editorial Revi