The international companion to Edwin Morgan / edited by Alan Riach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Riach, Alan, 1957- editor.

Series:

International companions to Scottish literature.

International companions to Scottish literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morgan, Edwin, 1920-2010--Criticism and interpretation.

Morgan, Edwin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xviii, 213 pages).)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Scottish Literature International, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edwin Morgan (1920-2010) is one of the giants of modern poetry. Scotland's national poet from 2004 to his death in 2010, in his long life he produced an incredible range of work, from the playful to the profound. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION gives a comprehensive overview of Morgan's poetry and drama. A range of expert contributors guide the reader along Morgan's astonishing, multi-faceted trajectory through space and time, and provide students with an essential and accessible general introduction to his life and work.

Contents:

A brief biography of Edwin Morgan

Introduction : presence, process, prize / Alan Riach

1. The once and future pilot / James McGonigal

2. Edwin Morgan's scrapbooks / Dorothy McMillan

3. Full flourish : major collections of the 1960's and 1970's / David Kinloch

4. Edwin Morgan's poetry from Scotland / Cairns Craig

5. Cold War Morgan / Adam Piette

6. Morgan and the city / Robyn Marsack

7. Edwin Morgan and European modernism / Ernest Schonfield

8. Concrete realities / John Corbett

9. Edwin Morgan's theatre / Anne Varty

10. Into the twenty-first century : from demon to dream / Hamish Whyte.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-908980-17-6

OCLC:

928784084