Description
| Product ID: | 9781846976445 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | White Leaping Flame / Caoir Gheal Leumraich |
| Subtitle: | Sorley Maclean: Collected Poems |
| Authors: | Author: Sorley MacLean, Emma Dymock, Christopher Whyte |
| Page Count: | 576 |
| Subjects: | Poetry, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating All the poetry of Sorley Maclean, the most significant 20th century Gaelic poet, is gathered together in one volume for the first time. Over 150 poems, some never published before, are given in Gaelic alongside their English translation. Introduced by a biographical essay on his life, influences and impact. This collected editon of Sorley MacLean brings together published poetry from MacLean''s own edited volumes of poetry, poetry previously published in various magazines, literary journals and anthologies, and poetry which has never been published before. The poems are given in their original Gaelic with English translations.The volume opens with a biographical summary of Maclean''s childhood on Raasay, his life at university and war experiences, and examines MacLean''s effect on Gaelic and Scottish literature, and his literary, political and philosophical influences, which included Gaelic traditional song, Romanticism and Modernism, as well as Communism and Fascism. |
| Imprint Name: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-07-06 |
