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Sydney Goodsir Smith, Poet
Essays on His Life and Work
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Sydney Goodsir Smith, Poet: Essays on His Life and Work offers the first substantial work to assess his life and writings since his premature death in 1975. Considered a major figure in the second wave of Hugh MacDiarmidâs âScottish Literary Renaissanceâ, Smithâs unique body of work has largely fallen from critical discussion of post-war Scottish literature.
This book remedies this by showing how his work may have fallen out of favour, and then by reappraising his distinctive and varied achievements in poetry, drama, art and art criticism, the novel and translations. Early career and established academics explore the many strands of his work as the best way of giving this multifaceted literary figure renewed attention.
This book remedies this by showing how his work may have fallen out of favour, and then by reappraising his distinctive and varied achievements in poetry, drama, art and art criticism, the novel and translations. Early career and established academics explore the many strands of his work as the best way of giving this multifaceted literary figure renewed attention.
Richie McCaffery is an independent researcher in the field of Scottish literature, as well as a published poet, with his most recent collection being Passport (2018). He has a PhD (2016) in Scottish literature from the University of Glasgow.
Acknowledgments and a Note on the Poems
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
ââRichie McCaffery
1 Sydney Goodsir Smith: A Centenary Appreciation
ââPatrick Crotty
2 Skail Winds and Scattered Personalities: The Formation of Identity in Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Early Poetry
ââEmma Dymock
3 âMy Elder Brother in the Museâ: Sydney Goodsir Smith and Hugh MacDiarmid
ââMargery Palmer McCulloch
4 Refraction, Intertexts and Diegesis in Sydney Goodsir Smithâs under the Eildon Tree
ââChristopher Whyte
5 Nationalism in the Poetry of Sydney Goodsir Smith
ââJ. Derrick McClure
6 âHuntress, Slayer, White Unmortal Queyneâ: Women in the Work of Sydney Goodsir Smith
ââMonika Szuba
7 âOrder and Adventureâ: Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Translations
ââStewart Sanderson
8 Sydney Goodsir Smith: Gangrel Rymour, European Scot
ââTom Hubbard
9 Unreal Edinburgh: From Li Po to Kynd Kittock
ââJohn Corbett
10 Reveries of a âGangrel Scrieverâ: Gowdspink in Reekie and Oliver Goldsmith
ââMario Relich
11 âYour maist inebriant savantâ: A History of Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Carotid Cornucopius
ââRichie McCaffery
12 The Merrie Life and Dowie Death of Colickie Meg: An Unpublished Carotidian Drama
ââPaul Barnaby
13 Sydney Goodsir Smithâs the Wallace in Context
ââDavid Robb
14 Sydney Goodsir Smith, Artist and Art Critic
ââAlan Riach and Alexander Moffat
Selective Glossary of Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Scots Words
Annotated Bibliography of Publications by and about Sydney Goodsir Smith
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
ââRichie McCaffery
1 Sydney Goodsir Smith: A Centenary Appreciation
ââPatrick Crotty
2 Skail Winds and Scattered Personalities: The Formation of Identity in Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Early Poetry
ââEmma Dymock
3 âMy Elder Brother in the Museâ: Sydney Goodsir Smith and Hugh MacDiarmid
ââMargery Palmer McCulloch
4 Refraction, Intertexts and Diegesis in Sydney Goodsir Smithâs under the Eildon Tree
ââChristopher Whyte
5 Nationalism in the Poetry of Sydney Goodsir Smith
ââJ. Derrick McClure
6 âHuntress, Slayer, White Unmortal Queyneâ: Women in the Work of Sydney Goodsir Smith
ââMonika Szuba
7 âOrder and Adventureâ: Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Translations
ââStewart Sanderson
8 Sydney Goodsir Smith: Gangrel Rymour, European Scot
ââTom Hubbard
9 Unreal Edinburgh: From Li Po to Kynd Kittock
ââJohn Corbett
10 Reveries of a âGangrel Scrieverâ: Gowdspink in Reekie and Oliver Goldsmith
ââMario Relich
11 âYour maist inebriant savantâ: A History of Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Carotid Cornucopius
ââRichie McCaffery
12 The Merrie Life and Dowie Death of Colickie Meg: An Unpublished Carotidian Drama
ââPaul Barnaby
13 Sydney Goodsir Smithâs the Wallace in Context
ââDavid Robb
14 Sydney Goodsir Smith, Artist and Art Critic
ââAlan Riach and Alexander Moffat
Selective Glossary of Sydney Goodsir Smithâs Scots Words
Annotated Bibliography of Publications by and about Sydney Goodsir Smith
Index
Anyone employed, interested, and involved in the burgeoning field of Scottish literature, and of twentieth-century British poetry, will appreciate the significance of this book.