Contemporary Scottish Poetry

Table of contents

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• The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Series Editors’ Preface vii
• Introduction- – Feeling Independent 1
• Chapter One - The Poetics of Devolution 8
• Chapter Two - Scottish Women's Poetry since the 1970s 21
• Chapter Three - Contemporary Poetry in Scots 36
• Chapter Four - Contemporary Gaelic Poetry 49
• Chapter Five - A Democracy of Voices 65
• Chapter Six - Nomadic Subjects in Recent Poetry 80
• Chapter Seven - Edwin Morgan 97
• Chapter Eight - Kenneth White and John Burnside 111
• Chapter Nine - Aonghas Macneacail 126
• Chapter Ten - Kathleen Jamie 141
• Chapter Eleven - Kenneth White 154

• The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Series Editors’ Preface vii
• Introduction- – Feeling Independent 1
• Chapter One - The Poetics of Devolution 8
• Chapter Two - Scottish Women's Poetry since the 1970s 21
• Chapter Three - Contemporary Poetry in Scots 36
• Chapter Four - Contemporary Gaelic Poetry 49
• Chapter Five - A Democracy of Voices 65
• Chapter Six - Nomadic Subjects in Recent Poetry 80
• Chapter Seven - Edwin Morgan 97
• Chapter Eight - Kenneth White and John Burnside 111
• Chapter Nine - Aonghas Macneacail 126
• Chapter Ten - Kathleen Jamie 141
• Chapter Eleven - Kenneth White 154
• Chapter Twelve - Don Paterson 172
• Endnotes 187
• Further Reading 212
• Notes on Contributors 221
• Index 223