Sorley MacLean /
Mackay, Peter,
Sorley MacLean / Peter Mackay. - 1 online resource - Aberdeen introductions to Irish and Scottish culture . - Aberdeen introductions to Irish and Scottish culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-171) and index.
Sorley MacLean (1911-1996) was the greatest Gaelic poet of the 20th Century and one of the leading figures in the Scottish literary Renaissance. He is best known for his love poetry, for poems written while he was serving in Africa during the Second World War, for poems exploring place and history, and for the long political poem 'An Cuilithionn'. His 1943 Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile is generally regarded the single-most important book published in Gaelic in the last century. This book offers the first single-authored English language introduction to MacLean's work. It places MacLean's poetry in poetic, political and historical contexts, exploring its engagement with Gaelic traditions and other language literatures and also with contemporary philosophical and political movements. Discussing the entirety of MacLean's oeuvre - and offering in-depth case studies of individual poems and groups of poems - this introduction raises questions about translation and cultural ownership in modern Scotland, and shows how and why MacLean's work continues to resonate.
9781906108298 (electronic bk.) 1906108293 (electronic bk.)
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle, 1911-1996 --Criticism and interpretation.
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle, 1911-1996.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PB1648.M328
891.6313
Sorley MacLean / Peter Mackay. - 1 online resource - Aberdeen introductions to Irish and Scottish culture . - Aberdeen introductions to Irish and Scottish culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-171) and index.
Sorley MacLean (1911-1996) was the greatest Gaelic poet of the 20th Century and one of the leading figures in the Scottish literary Renaissance. He is best known for his love poetry, for poems written while he was serving in Africa during the Second World War, for poems exploring place and history, and for the long political poem 'An Cuilithionn'. His 1943 Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile is generally regarded the single-most important book published in Gaelic in the last century. This book offers the first single-authored English language introduction to MacLean's work. It places MacLean's poetry in poetic, political and historical contexts, exploring its engagement with Gaelic traditions and other language literatures and also with contemporary philosophical and political movements. Discussing the entirety of MacLean's oeuvre - and offering in-depth case studies of individual poems and groups of poems - this introduction raises questions about translation and cultural ownership in modern Scotland, and shows how and why MacLean's work continues to resonate.
9781906108298 (electronic bk.) 1906108293 (electronic bk.)
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle, 1911-1996 --Criticism and interpretation.
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle, 1911-1996.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PB1648.M328
891.6313