Meeting Ronald Stevenson (Chapman 89-90) (Chapman New Writing S.) - Softcover

Malcolm MacDonald; Eddie McGuire; Jamie Reid Baxter; Ruzena Wood; Gerda Stevenson; John Purser; Alexander Moffat; John Bellany; Kenneth White; Wilson McLeod; Aonghas Macneacail; Peter France; Robert Dawson Scott; Angus Dunn; Dilys Rose; Ian McDonough; Alan Riach

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ISBN 10: 0906772850 ISBN 13: 9780906772850

Publisher: Chapman Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Malcolm MacDonald views the composer s life and music, Eddie McGuire his socialism and Jamie Reid Baxter his choral work, Ruzena Wood meets the man under the Famous Fedora. Reminiscences by daughter Gerda, John Purser, Alexander Moffat, John Bellany, Kenneth White. Wilson McLeod and aonghas macneacail debate the packaging of Gaelic poetry; Peter France on bilingual poetry and Robert Dawson Scott remembers the late Allen Wright. New work by RLS winners Angus Dunn and Dilys Rose; also Canada s Ven Begamudré, Ian McDonough, Alan Riach, &c. Translations of Arseny, Tarkovsky, Louis Aragon, George Vafopoulos.

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Synopsis:

This double issue contains studies of Ronald Stevenson, including Malcolm MacDonald's overview of the composer's life and music. Eddie McGuire looks at Stevenson and socialism, and Jamie Reid Baxter discusses choral music. Stevenson's work on the poems of Soutar, MacDiarmid and Whitman are also examined in detail. Personal reminiscences and illustrations by Philip Hutton, Alexander Moffat, John Bellany and Victoria Crowe offer an insight into Stevenson's life. Also included is a catalogue of his piano works and other compositions. Also in this issue is a debate on the translation and presentation of Gaelic poetry with a rebuttal from Scottish Writer of the Year, Aonghas MacNeacail and translator Peter France. The winners of the Robert Louis Stevenson Award, Angus Dunn and Dilys Rose, discuss their time in France and present new work. Poems by Ven Begamudre, Ian McDonough and Joanna Ramsey, with translations of Russian and French poets Arseny Tarkovsky and Louis Aragon, are also included. Also featured are the usual reviews of poetry, fiction, and small-press pamphlets.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chapman Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0906772850
• ISBN 13: 9780906772850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Joy Hendry