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Deer on the High HillsSelected PoemsIain Crichton SmithEdited by John Greening![]()
Categories: 20th Century, 21st Century, Scottish
Imprint: Carcanet Classics Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (260 pages) (Due May 2021) 9781800170940 £14.99 £13.49
The first Selected since 1985 and the poet’s death, this looks afresh at the work of one of Scotland’s best loved writers and one of the original Penguin Modern Poets.
Awards won by John Greening
Winner, 2001 TLS Centenary
Winner, 1998 Bridport Award
Winner, 2008 Cholmondeley Award
Praise for Iain Crichton Smith
'Over the years [his] poetry has increased in strangeness and beauty. He is a poet of his own discontents, but one who has submitted his unrest to the demands of the imagination.'
Times Literary Supplement Praise for John Greening 'A fine collection of verse... constantly fresh and insightful. It is a collection to return to frequently, to immerse oneself in its richness, its darkness, and its felicity of voice' David Malcolm, Poetry Salzburg Review 'It's a loving and inventive meditation on the sources of creative inspiration; the vagaries of artistic confidence... Greening immerses us in the radiant muddle in which Sibelius found himself during the last three decades of his life.' Frank Beck, The Manhattan Review 'Historical encounters are handled with superb formal control, their power coming from the combination of almost surreal imaginative coincidences with a purity of diction' William Bedford, The High Window 'This is an intelligent, satisfying collection and, appropriately for poetry where one of the main subjects is a musician, it is consistently musical' Alwyn Marriage, London Grip 'Beyond the admirable craftsmanship that characterises almost all of his work, one of Greening's great strengths is his historical imagination.' Glyn Pursglove 'Delightfully alert to connections and intersections, to historical ironies... [Greening is] a serious (but never excessively solemn) poet, who cares about both 'facts' and ideas and makes his poetry out of the interpenetration of the two.' Glyn Pursglove 'So to conclude calamity in rest.' In his powerful new collection, John Greening opens lines of communication with poets of the Great War, bridging a century with heart-work of immediacy, economy and humanity.' Penelope Shuttle |
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