Derick Thomson : Creachadh Na Clàrsaich : Plundering The Harp : Gaelic Poems

Creachadh Na Clàrsaich: Plundering The Harp : Cruinneachadh De Bhardach, 1940-1980

By Derick Thomson

Edinburgh: Macdonald, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket : pp. [iv] xiv [1] 283 [3 blank]

English and Gaelic text : poems translated by the poet himself

No Gaelic poet has had more influence on the generation that followed him than Derick Thomson. As poet, publisher, and editor of the literary quarterly Gairm, Thomson shaped the development of Gaelic writing in the post-war period. "His poetry marked a definitive break away from the sung verse which had dominated vernacular poetry in Scottish Gaelic and which influenced the rhyming, metrical poetry of George Campbell Hay and Sorley Maclean. It took Gaelic poetry from its traditional heartlands in the Highlands and Islands to Scotland's Lowland cities, Glasgow in particular. As well as being the dominant voice of Gaelic poetry in the second half of the twentieth century, Thomson was also a crucial voice in post-war Glasgow writing, whose work is central to our understanding of life in Scotland's largest city.

CONDITION
A very good clean copy. The dust jacket is in very good condition with no clipping or tears. Endpapers good. No names or writing to the book. Pages clean throughout. Overall very good.

(Location : Platform : Scotland 1)