Collected Poems【電子書籍】[ Sorley MacLean ]

＜p＞Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain 1911-1996) is generally recognised as the most significant writer in Scottish Gaelic of the twentieth century. Yet his work possesses a relevance extending far beyond the bounds of his nation or his language. His 1943 collection ＜em＞D'in do Eimhir agus D'in Eile＜/em＞(Poems to Eimhir) brought Gaelic poetry abreast of the modern world with breathtaking and notorious effectiveness. The love sequence at its core shows a young man battling with the conflicting claims of love and duty against the background of a continent hurtling unstoppably into all-out war. His political poem ＜em＞An Cuilithionn＜/em＞ (The Cuillin) links the tragedy of the Highland Clearances with a tradition of left-wing radicalism which had the French and Bolshevik revolutions as its highpoints. His work was characterised by a mixture of reticence and outspokenness. The love sequence could not be published in its entirety while he was alive, and ＜em＞An Cuilithionn＜/em＞ waited half．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る