Collected Poems: Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid
The premature death of Sydney Goodsir Smith at the age of fifty-nine deprived the world of one of the major personalities in twentieth-century British literature.

The poems included in this volume, mostly written in Scots dialect – from Skail Wind, first published in 1941, to the verse collections of his maturity and the gentle, philosophical compositions of his later years – show us the journey of a man who understood the world only too well, and are a testament to the inventive genius of his mind.

Contains notes and a full glossary.

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Collected Poems: Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid
The premature death of Sydney Goodsir Smith at the age of fifty-nine deprived the world of one of the major personalities in twentieth-century British literature.

The poems included in this volume, mostly written in Scots dialect – from Skail Wind, first published in 1941, to the verse collections of his maturity and the gentle, philosophical compositions of his later years – show us the journey of a man who understood the world only too well, and are a testament to the inventive genius of his mind.

Contains notes and a full glossary.

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Collected Poems: Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid

Collected Poems: Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid

by Sydney Goodsir Smith
Collected Poems: Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid

Collected Poems: Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid

by Sydney Goodsir Smith

Overview

The premature death of Sydney Goodsir Smith at the age of fifty-nine deprived the world of one of the major personalities in twentieth-century British literature.

The poems included in this volume, mostly written in Scots dialect – from Skail Wind, first published in 1941, to the verse collections of his maturity and the gentle, philosophical compositions of his later years – show us the journey of a man who understood the world only too well, and are a testament to the inventive genius of his mind.

Contains notes and a full glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780714550817
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 11/11/2025
Pages: 269
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.79(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–75), a principal figure of the Scottish Renaissance, is – together with Hugh MacDiarmid – one of the founders of Scottish modern poetry.
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