The Singin' Lass: Selected Works of Marion Angus - Couverture souple

Angus, Marion

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904598641 ISBN 13 : 9781904598640

Editeur : Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2006

Synopsis

This volume is the first published selection of the work of Scottish poet Marion Angus, coming more than fifty years after Maurice Lindsay's Selected Poems of Marion Angus. New biographical information reveals her highly cultured upbringing, strong, resilient personality and personal sacrifice. Extracts from her 1890s prose 'diaries' and letters, neither of which have previously been collected, reveal her 'mordant wit', her love of language, and the extent of her involvement in the literary scene in the 1930s. Newspaper reports give an insight into her attitude to the Scots language. 

Because her Scots is simple and her themes are timeless - there can be no-one who has not 'launched and looed and sinned' - her 'bonnie sang' is accessible to the modern reader, which may explain why her poem 'Mary's Sang' was placed on the long list of BBC Scotland's The Nation's Favourite Poem.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aimee Chalmers was raised in Montrose and spent her early career helping disadvantaged youngsters find their identity through creativity. She has been concentrating on her own creative writing since 2002, and has an MPhil from Glasgow University. She is now completing a PhD at St Andrew's University. She is the current of the Scots Language Society's Robert McLennan Tassie, for the best short story in Scots.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904598641
• ISBN 13: 9781904598640
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Éditeur: Chalmers Aimee
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible