Contemporary Scottish Poetry and the Natural World: Burnside, Jamie, Robertson and White

Monika Szuba

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

Contemporary Scottish Poetry and the Natural World

Burnside, Jamie, Robertson and White

Monika Szuba

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474450621

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Examines the representation of landscape in the poetry of John Burnside, Kathleen Jamie, Robin Robertson and Kenneth White

Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the representation of landscape in contemporary poetry
Opens up the dialogue between ecocriticism and phenomenology
Provides significant original discussion of major Scottish poets
Reassesses the work and place of Kenneth White’s poetry and thought

With an exciting and provocative approach to the reading of landscape and the non-human world in the work of four major Scottish poets, this groundbreaking book merges phenomenology and ecocritical literary criticism. It explores these poets’ organic, intimate interrelation between the self and the world, their relationship to the landscape and connection with nature.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Wandering in the Open World: Kenneth White’s Poetics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. ‘Buried in the flesh’: Home, Embodiment and Interanimality in John Burnside’s Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
3. ‘Gifts of the Wild’: Dwelling, Temporality and Landscape in Kathleen Jamie’s Writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
4. ‘A word will set the seed / of life and death’: Robin Robertson’s Protean Lyric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 186
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474450621