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The Raucle Tongue: Volume One

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ISBN: 978 1 857542 34 9
Imprint: Lives and Letters
Published: January 1997
204 x 143 x 28 mm
320 pages
Publisher: Carcanet Press

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These volumes contain the previously uncollected essays, journalism and interviews of Hugh MacDiarmid, as part of Carcanet's "MacDiarmid 2000" programme. Other titles in the series include Complete Poems, Lucky Poet, Contemporary Scottish Studies and Scottish Eccentrics.

Hugh MacDiarmid

Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) was born in 1892 at Langholm in the Scottish Borders. After training as a teacher, he worked as a journalist, before serving in France and Greece during the First World War. Returning to Scotland, he worked as a journalist, and in 1922 began to publish poems ... read more

Alan Riach

Alan Riach is a poet, teacher and critic, and the general editor of Carcanet’s Collected Works of Hugh MacDiarmid . ... read more

Praise for Hugh MacDiarmid 'Watch him, an angel's set his tongue on fire.'
Norman MacCaig
'Lord God, this fellow is a poet, singing a song even when pain seizes him, or the woe of the world murmurs in his heart'
Sean O'Casey
'Every door in any town should be wide open to that great lyric poet Hugh MacDiarmid.'
Dylan Thomas
'These great people like MacDiarmid are a bit scary, '
Liz Lochhead 'Riach has done Scottish literature a great service in masterminding the Carcanet edition of the works of Hugh MacDiarmid...'
Times Literary Supplement

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The Raucle Tongue: Volume One Hugh MacDiarmid Edited by Alan Riach RRP: GBP 30.00 Discount: 10% You Save: GBP 3.00 Price: GBP 27.00 Available This title is available for academic inspection (paperback only). Hardback ISBN: 978 1 857542 34 9 Imprint: Lives and Letters Published: January 1997 204 x 143 x 28 mm 320 pages Publisher: Carcanet Press Spend GBP 15 or more and receive a free Carcanet tote bag. Available internationally while stocks last. Find out more. Description Author Reviews These volumes contain the previously uncollected essays, journalism and interviews of Hugh MacDiarmid, as part of Carcanet's "MacDiarmid 2000" programme. Other titles in the series include Complete Poems, Lucky Poet, Contemporary Scottish Studies and Scottish Eccentrics. Hugh MacDiarmid Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) was born in 1892 at Langholm in the Scottish Borders. After training as a teacher, he worked as a journalist, before serving in France and Greece during the First World War. Returning to Scotland, he worked as a journalist, and in 1922 began to publish poems ... read more Alan Riach Alan Riach is a poet, teacher and critic, and the general editor of Carcanet’s Collected Works of Hugh MacDiarmid . ... read more Praise for Hugh MacDiarmid 'Watch him, an angel's set his tongue on fire.' Norman MacCaig 'Lord God, this fellow is a poet, singing a song even when pain seizes him, or the woe of the world murmurs in his heart' Sean O'Casey 'Every door in any town should be wide open to that great lyric poet Hugh MacDiarmid.' Dylan Thomas 'These great people like MacDiarmid are a bit scary, ' Liz Lochhead 'Riach has done Scottish literature a great service in masterminding the Carcanet edition of the works of Hugh MacDiarmid...' Times Literary Supplement	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! Anvil Press Poetry Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Small Poems: Laura Scott read more Entering the Silence: John Greening on Sibelius read more 'Ladywell': Roger Garfitt read more Seamus Heaney Prize Winner: Ned Denny! read more Carcanet Celebrate 50 Years! read more In Her Feminine Sign: Dunya Mikhail on Language read more
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The Raucle Tongue: Volume One

Hugh MacDiarmid

Edited by Alan Riach