Modern Scottish Women Poets
Edited and Introduced by Dorothy McMillan and Michel Byrne.

‘This is a book full of life, energy, skill and unexpected found treasure: a blend of major and minor voices which reveals the formation and verve of Scotland’s modern poetic.’ Ali Smith

This invaluable collection traces the work of nearly a hundred writers over one of the most eventful periods in Scottish literary history, and an extensive introduction sets the scene for the growth of women writers from Scotland throughout the whole of the twentieth century.

With over 200 poems – from Naomi Mitchison, Carol Ann Duffy, Dilys Rose, Kathleen Jamie, Meg Bateman, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead and many more – this collection celebrates the exceptional power and range of Scottish women poets.

‘It is a crucial anthology, exciting and dynamic. It feels revolutionary.’ Sunday Herald

‘This is an ambitious and brilliant collection that both illuminates the female component of a scene dominated by men and establishes a tradition through them that further illuminates their work. It is . . . a celebration of women whose reputations have grown steadily, as well as an indication of a broader confidence across Scottish writing.’ Libby Brooks, Guardian

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Modern Scottish Women Poets
Edited and Introduced by Dorothy McMillan and Michel Byrne.

‘This is a book full of life, energy, skill and unexpected found treasure: a blend of major and minor voices which reveals the formation and verve of Scotland’s modern poetic.’ Ali Smith

This invaluable collection traces the work of nearly a hundred writers over one of the most eventful periods in Scottish literary history, and an extensive introduction sets the scene for the growth of women writers from Scotland throughout the whole of the twentieth century.

With over 200 poems – from Naomi Mitchison, Carol Ann Duffy, Dilys Rose, Kathleen Jamie, Meg Bateman, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead and many more – this collection celebrates the exceptional power and range of Scottish women poets.

‘It is a crucial anthology, exciting and dynamic. It feels revolutionary.’ Sunday Herald

‘This is an ambitious and brilliant collection that both illuminates the female component of a scene dominated by men and establishes a tradition through them that further illuminates their work. It is . . . a celebration of women whose reputations have grown steadily, as well as an indication of a broader confidence across Scottish writing.’ Libby Brooks, Guardian

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Modern Scottish Women Poets

Modern Scottish Women Poets

by Dorothy McMillan
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Edited and Introduced by Dorothy McMillan and Michel Byrne.

‘This is a book full of life, energy, skill and unexpected found treasure: a blend of major and minor voices which reveals the formation and verve of Scotland’s modern poetic.’ Ali Smith

This invaluable collection traces the work of nearly a hundred writers over one of the most eventful periods in Scottish literary history, and an extensive introduction sets the scene for the growth of women writers from Scotland throughout the whole of the twentieth century.

With over 200 poems – from Naomi Mitchison, Carol Ann Duffy, Dilys Rose, Kathleen Jamie, Meg Bateman, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead and many more – this collection celebrates the exceptional power and range of Scottish women poets.

‘It is a crucial anthology, exciting and dynamic. It feels revolutionary.’ Sunday Herald

‘This is an ambitious and brilliant collection that both illuminates the female component of a scene dominated by men and establishes a tradition through them that further illuminates their work. It is . . . a celebration of women whose reputations have grown steadily, as well as an indication of a broader confidence across Scottish writing.’ Libby Brooks, Guardian


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781847675071
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 07/01/2010
Series: Canongate Classics
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 526 KB

About the Author

Dorothy McMillan is a senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow, and a past President of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies. She has published widely on women's writing and co-edited A History of Scottish Women's Writing (EUP, 1997). Michel Byrne lectures in the Department of Celtic at the University of Glasgow. He is the editor of the definitive two-volume Collected Poems and Songs of George Campbell Hay (EUP, 2000).
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