<p>The collected poems of Sorley MacLean, presented here in a parallel text with MacLean's own translations of his work, is at the hear of the Gaelic Renaissance as is the figure of MacLean himself.</p>

From Wood to Ridge : Collected Poems

Literature & Fiction

Sorley MacLean

Poetry

Vintage

Eimhir

Iain-Crichton-Smith

Somhairle MacGill-Eain

Acair Ltd.

Dain Do Eimhir

Though it is widely regarded as his greatest achievement, Sorley MacLean's cycle of love lyrics Dain do Eimhir (Poems to Eimhir) was only published in part during his lifetime. Drawing on manuscript and published sources, this edition brings together all but one of the poems, including six which have never before appeared in print. With facing English translations throughout, an authoritative introduction and extensive commentaries on all fifty-nine poems detailing cultural, historical and political references, it makes a major masterpiece of 20th century Scottish literature fully available to the general public for the first time. This new edition of Sorley MacLean's finest work will draw extensive media attention and will be keenly sought after.

Association for Scottish Literary Studies

<p>The work of Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean), the greatest Gaelic poet of the 20th century, has a significance which echoes far beyond the confines of his time, his country and his language. His extended political poem 'An Cuilithionn' ('The Cuillin'), taking the celebrated mountain range in Skye as a symbol for the international revolutionary movement, has hitherto been known only in an abridgement, made fifty years after its initial conception in 1939 on the eve of World War II. Christopher Whyte's edition of the original manuscript includes 400 lines never before published, along with MacLean's own English translation from the time of writing, and an extended commentary. Forty-five other previously unpublished poems by Sorley MacLean also appear here for the first time, with facing English translations.</p>

Cuilithionn 1939 (English and Scots Gaelic Edition)

History & Criticism

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