The Poetry of the Scots an Introduction and Bobliographical Guide to Poetry in Gaelic,Scots,Latin and English

by Duncan Glen

The Poetry of the Scots is both an original bibliographical guide and a comprehensive introduction to Scottish poetry from the earliest times to the present day. It gives a chronological listing of the standard editions of all the major, and many of the minor Scottish poets, including works in Scots, English, Latin and Gaelic. The bibliographical listing is supplemented by commentaries on the books, written by Glen in informative and enthustiastic style. An extensive introduction links the poetry to Scotland's history and cultural traditions.

Hardcover

First published December 18, 1991

About the author

Duncan Munro Glen was a Scottish poet, literary editor and Emeritus Professor of Visual Communication at Nottingham Trent University. He returned to Scotland in 1987 to become a full-time writer.

He became known to the literary world through his first full-length book, Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance. He published many collections of poetry, from Kythings and Other Poems (1969), In Appearances (1971) and Realities Poems (1980) to Selected Poems 1965–1990 (1991), Selected New Poems 1987–1996 (1998) and Collected Poems 1965–2005 (2006).

His Autobiography of a Poet was published by Ramsay Head Press in 1986. He edited Akros poetry magazine through 51 numbers from August 1965 and did much to promote Scottish poets and artists. He was a friend and early champion of Hugh MacDiarmid and Ian Hamilton Finlay among others, and produced several volumes of poetry, some of which was translated into Italian.