The Edinburgh Book of 20th-Century Scottish Poetry

Edited by Maurice Lindsay and Lesley Duncan

This collection offers more than 400 poems from 150 poets. While the major figures—MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Iain Crichton Smith, and George Mackay Brown—are generously represented, there are many other lesser-known voices, from the master balladeer of the Yukon, Robert Service and the internationally known psychiatrist R. D. Laing to the economist Sir Alec Cairncross and the troubled but eloquent Rayne Mackinnon. With their lively engagement of history and the world of private creativity, the poems in this anthology contribute to a fuller understanding and appreciation of Scottish literary and cultural identity.

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About the Author

Maurice Lindsay is a poet, critic and senior figure of Scottish letters. Lesley Duncan is poetry editor of The Herald (Glasgow).

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