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The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse

Compiled by three award-winning Scottish poets, this anthology contains more than 300 poems written in Scotland from the time of St Columba to the present day. It celebrates the diversity of the country’s literary traditions, featuring texts in English, Scots and Gaelic (with English translations). Alongside such familiar names as Robert Burns, Hugh MacDiarmid and Carol Ann Duffy are works by numerous lesser-known figures and examples of anonymous folk poetry.
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Canongate
  • Year: 2021
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 544pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 240x160mm
  • ISBN: 9781838852610
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.8kg
Product code:
527359
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The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse is a timeless collection of Scottish poetry. It contains over three hundred poems ranging from the early medieval period to the twenty-first century, and paints a full-colour portrait of Scotland's poetic heritage and culture.

Edited and introduced by award-winning poets Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson and Peter Mackay, and including poems by Robert Burns, Carol Ann Duffy, Sorley MacLean, Violet Jacob, William Dunbar, Meg Bateman, George Mackay Brown, Mairi Mhor nan Oran, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead and many more, The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse is a joyous celebration of Scotland's literary past, present and future.
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