Beyond the Last Dragon: A Life of Edwin Morgan - Softcover

James McGonigal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905207891 ISBN 13: 9781905207893

Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year Edwin Morgan s restless imagination moved easily between multiple worlds, voices and identities. His own life story, told here for the first time, also reveals a range of identities - as academic, cultural activist, radical writer, international traveller, gay man and national poet. These identities were sometimes in conflict, or kept hidden and apart. Beyond the Last Dragon, written with his full support, explores hitherto unknown archive resources and creative work. It recounts an amazing and sometimes troubled career, using the poet s own letters, poems and plays from the 1930s to the present day to uncover the origins of his remarkable - and life-long - inventiveness and flair. All this is set against Edwin Morgan s moving struggle against the last dragon of cancer, and to remain creatively alive in the face of suffering in the final years of his life. This prize-winning biography was published just days after the poet s death. James McGonigal now adds a new chapter to describe subsequent events.

About this title

Review:

Lucid, measured and deeply moving. --Liz Lochhead

About the Author:

James McGonigal was until recently a lecturer in English at the University of Glasgow. He was, for many years, a close friend and confident of the poet, as well as being an accomplished poet himself. Edwin Morgan cooperated closely with the author in the preparation of this book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1905207891
• ISBN 13: 9781905207893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496