The Penguin Book of the Bicycle

Gray, Martin

Watson, Roderick

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Books, Ltd.

This companion volume to Literature of Scotland: Medieval to Victorian examines the writing of the twentieth century--arguably, the richest ever period in Scottish literary history. From The House with the Green Shutters to Trainspotting and far beyond, this text provides a critical and historical context to the modern upsurge of writing in English, Scots, and Gaelic.

Literature of Scotland: The Twentieth Century

British & Irish

Red Globe Press

The Literature of Scotland.

London: Macmillan 1984. (Macmillan History of Literature)

Critics hailed The Literature of Scotland as one of the most comprehensive and fascinatingly readable accounts of Scottish life and literature. This revised edition now focuses on Medieval to Victorian times, exploring the growth of the idea of a nation from the early ballads and the oral tradition to the achievement of Burns, Scott and Carlyle. The literature which followed in the modern period is discussed in a new companion volume Literature of Scotland: The Twentieth Century.

Literature of Scotland: The Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century

For the first time, the full canon of poetry from Scotland is available to readers in one volume. The Poetry of Scotland presents all the major, and many less well-known Scottish poets in a broad historical perspective from the fourteenth century to the present day. Unlike other anthologies, it includes concise bibliographies of each writer, user-friendly notes, and poems in Gaelic with modern English translations. With contents listed by both chronology and theme, on-page glossaries and a full introduction by Roderick Watson, this is the definitive edition for students and lovers of Scottish poetry everywhere.

The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots & English 1380–1980

History & Criticism

Edinburgh University Press

Traces the history of Scottish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the fourteenth century to the 1980s and profiles the careers of outstanding Scottish authors

LITERATURE OF SCOTLAND (History of Literature Series)

Schocken

The Poetry of Norman MacCaig: (Scotnotes Study Guides)

Association for Scottish Literary Studies

Featuring poems written over a span of more than 50 years, this collection of Edwin Morgan's poetry focuses on two contrasting themes: poems centered on life in his home city of Glasgow and those about his fascination with science and space. Edwin Morgan reads the poems himself, and Professor Rodercik Watson provides commentary.

17 Poems of Edwin Morgan: A Commentary (Asls Audio Cds Series)

MORGAN, Edwin

Poetry

Assn for Scottish Literary Studies

This second volume of Morgan's poetry contains verses on such topics as Glasgow, love, family, and larger world issues, moving from acute observation of reality to often surreal heights of imaginative invention. The poems are again read by Edwin Morgan and feature commentary from Professor Roderick Watson.

23 Poems of Edwin Morgan

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