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Hallaig and Other Poems: Selected Poems of Sorley MacLean

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Description for Hallaig and Other Poems: Selected Poems of Sorley MacLean Paperback. .
This selected works of Sorley MacLean brings together published poetry from MacLean's own edited volumes of Poetry. The poems will be given in their original Gaelic with English translations and introduced by Angus Peter Campbell and Aonghas Mac Neacail. Sorley MacLean was born on the island of Raasay in 1911. He was brought up within a family and community immersed in Gaelic language and culture, particularly song. He studied English at Edinburgh University from 1929, taking a first-class honours degree. Despite this influence, he eventually adopted Gaelic as the medium most appropriate for his poetry. He translated much of his ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
130
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846973024
SKU
V9781846973024
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Sorley Maclean
Angus Peter Campbell (Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul) is an award-winning poet and novelist in both Gaelic and English, journalist, broadcaster and actor. Born and brought up on the Island of South Uist he now lives on the Isle of Skye with his wife and family. His Gaelic novel An Oidhche mus do Sheol Sinn (2004) was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish ... Read more

Reviews for Hallaig and Other Poems: Selected Poems of Sorley MacLean
'A collection that explodes the cliche of Gaelic poetry'
Guardian on Sorley MacLean: Collected Poems
'One of the very greatest of the Gaelic poets - and one of the great love poets of the world'
Iain Crichton Smith 'Convincingly demonstrates why MacLean was as important an influence on the badachd as Eliot and Pound were on English-language ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Hallaig and Other Poems: Selected Poems of Sorley MacLean


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