Modern Scottish Poetry

Foreword vii Introduction 1(4) 1 Scottishness and Scottish Poetry 5(13) 2 Alternative Approaches 18(16) 3 The Story So Far 34(30) 4 The 1940's (Sorley MacLean/Somhairle MacGillEain, Edwin Muir, George Campbell Hay/Deorsa MacIain Dheorsa) 64(28) 5 The 1950's (Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Sydney Goodsir Smith) 92(28) 6 The 1960's (Robert Garioch, Tom Leonard, Edwin Morgan) 120(29) 7 The 1970's (W.S. Graham, Derick Thomson/Ruaraidh MacThomais, George Mackay Brown) 149(25) 8 The 1980's (Douglas Dunn, Kenneth White, Liz Lochhead, Iain Crichton Smith/Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn) 174(33) 9 The 1990's (Robert Crawford, Kathleen Jamie, Carol Ann Duffy, Aonghas MacNeacail) 207(29) Conclusion 236(2) Translation of Epigraphs 238(1) Index 239