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The Singin Lass: Selected Works of Marion Angus
This is the first published selection of the work of the Scottish poet Marion Angus since Maurice Lindsay's Selected Poems of Marion Angus. New biographical information reveals her highly cultured upbringing, strong, resilient personality and personal sacrifice. Extracts from her 1890s prose 'diaries' and letters, neither of which have previously been collected, reveal her 'mordant wit', her love of language, and the extent of her involvement in the literary scene in the 1930s. Newspaper reports give an insight into her attitude to the Scots language.
Because her Scots is simple and her themes are timeless - there can be no-one who has not 'lauched and looed and sinnes' - her 'bonnie sang' is accessible to the modern reader, which may explain why her poem 'Mary's Sang' was placed on the long list of BBC Scotland's The Nation's Favourite Poem.
Because her Scots is simple and her themes are timeless - there can be no-one who has not 'lauched and looed and sinnes' - her 'bonnie sang' is accessible to the modern reader, which may explain why her poem 'Mary's Sang' was placed on the long list of BBC Scotland's The Nation's Favourite Poem.
- GenresPoetry
228 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Marion Angus
28 books1 followerMarion Emily Angus was a Scottish writer who wrote poetry in Scots. Her prose writings were mainly in English. She is seen as a forerunner of a Scottish Renaissance in inter-war poetry, as her verse marked a departure from the tradition of Robert Burns in a direction similar to that of Hugh MacDiarmid, Violet Jacob and others.
The daughter of a United Presbyterian Kirk minister, Angus grew up in Arbroath, and later lived in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Helensburgh, dying in Arbroath.
The first important published work by Marion Angus was a biography of her grandfather: Sheriff Watson of Aberdeen: the Story of his Life and his Work for the Young (1913). She did not begin to write poetry until after 1918. Her first volume, written in Scots, was The Lilt, which came out in 1922, about the same time as MacDiarmid's first experiments in the Dunfermline Press. The Lilt was followed by Sun and Candlelight (1927), The Singin Lass (1929) and Lost Country, and Other Verses. Maurice Lindsay edited her Selected Works in 1950.
The daughter of a United Presbyterian Kirk minister, Angus grew up in Arbroath, and later lived in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Helensburgh, dying in Arbroath.
The first important published work by Marion Angus was a biography of her grandfather: Sheriff Watson of Aberdeen: the Story of his Life and his Work for the Young (1913). She did not begin to write poetry until after 1918. Her first volume, written in Scots, was The Lilt, which came out in 1922, about the same time as MacDiarmid's first experiments in the Dunfermline Press. The Lilt was followed by Sun and Candlelight (1927), The Singin Lass (1929) and Lost Country, and Other Verses. Maurice Lindsay edited her Selected Works in 1950.
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October 28, 2024
Brilliant introduction to the works of Marion Angus, good wee selection of excerpts / poems. I liked it.
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