Swithering

Swithering PDF Author: Robin Robertson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330475193
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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WINNER OF THE 2006 FORWARD PRIZE In Scots, the verb 'swither' has two meanings: to be doubtful, to waver, to be in two minds; and to appear in shifting forms - indeterminate and volatile. From disarmingly direct poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the ends of desire, Robertson's powerful third collection is stalked and haunted by both senses. Hard-edged, pitch-perfect, effortlessly various, Swithering is a book of brave and black romance, locating its voice in that space where great change is an ever-present possibility. Swithering has just won the Forward Prize for Best Collection and is also shortlisted for this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize.

Swithering

Swithering PDF Author: Robin Robertson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330475193
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Book Description
WINNER OF THE 2006 FORWARD PRIZE In Scots, the verb 'swither' has two meanings: to be doubtful, to waver, to be in two minds; and to appear in shifting forms - indeterminate and volatile. From disarmingly direct poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the ends of desire, Robertson's powerful third collection is stalked and haunted by both senses. Hard-edged, pitch-perfect, effortlessly various, Swithering is a book of brave and black romance, locating its voice in that space where great change is an ever-present possibility. Swithering has just won the Forward Prize for Best Collection and is also shortlisted for this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize.

A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...

A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ... PDF Author: John Jamieson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 722

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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years

The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years PDF Author: Joseph Wright
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5880963039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 903

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Swithering

Swithering PDF Author: Robin Robertson
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1743285507
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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Myth, folklore and folksong interpenetrate some wonderfully vivid meditations on childhood and children, landscape and history; but most of all Robertson's new book is concerned with the transformations of art, of love and fate. The book, as the title implies ("swithering" is Scots for "caught between two decisions") hovers in that space where everything is in flux, and where great change - not always for the better - becomes a real possibility. With its beautiful descriptive precision, and occasionally moving and disarming directness, Swithering is Robin Robertson's most cohesive and powerful poetic statement to date.

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles PDF Author: James Augustus Henry Murray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 838

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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles PDF Author:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 824

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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: R-S

The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: R-S PDF Author: Joseph Wright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 916

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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society PDF Author: James Augustus Henri Murray (Lexicographe)
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830

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The English Dialect Dictionary: R-S

The English Dialect Dictionary: R-S PDF Author: Joseph Wright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 918

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Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry

Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry PDF Author: Matt McGuire
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748636277
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The last three decades have seen unprecedented flourishing of creativity across the Scottish literary landscape, so that contemporary Scottish poetry constitutes an internationally renowned, award-winning body of work. At the heart of this has been the work of poets. As this poetry makes space for its own innovative concerns, it renegotiates the poetic inheritance of preceding generations. At the same time, Scottish poetry continues to be animated by writing from other places. The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry is the definitive guide to this flourishing poetic scene. Its chapters examine Scottish poetry in all three of the nation's languages. It analyses many thematic preoccupations: tradition and innovation; revolutions in gender; the importance of place; the aesthetic politics of devolution. These chapters are complemented by extended close readings of the work of key poets that have defined this era, including Edwin Morgan, Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, Aonghas MacNeacail and John Burnside.