Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry - Hardcover

Alan Riach

 
9780748602575: Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry

Synopsis

This critical analysis of Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry explores the poetics, themes, construction and publishing history of his work, discusses his contribution to 20th century literature and places him in an international context with comparative studies of Joyce, Pound, Brecht and others.

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About the Author

Alan Riach holds the Chair of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of the Collected Works of Hugh MacDiarmid and the author of Representing Scotland in Literature, Popular Culture and Iconography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1991). His fifth book of poems, Homecoming (Luath Press) will be published in 2009.

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