Modern Scottish Poetry talk
Friends of Edinburgh University Library
Members Only Event
Dr Christopher Whyte will be talking to the Friends of Edinburgh University Library about the modern Scottish poets, particularly those who are well represented by manuscript collections held by Edinburgh University Library. Dr Whyte is a poet, novelist, translator and critic, whose work on Scottish poetry includes an edition of Sorley MacLean's love poetry, Dàin do Eimhir/Poems to Eimhir, and Modern Scottish Poetry.
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This is a survey of Scottish poetry and its role in the move towards self-definition and autonomy during the latter 20th century. Adopting a decade-by-decade approach, Christopher Whyte takes a collection of work by 20 significant poets as the starting point for an examination of their careers.