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Gaelic Literature
of the Modern poetry and song:
introduction |
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N.B. This site is best viewed on a
desktop or laptop PC The 20th Century saw a remarkable
flowering in modern Gaelic literature.
For those wishing to commence a study of the subject I would recommend
Chapter 7 of Derick Thomson’s An
Introduction to Gaelic Poetry (Thomson 1974: 249-295) and the bilingual
introduction to Domhnall MacAmhlaigh’s Nua-Bhàrdachd Ghàidhlig (MacAmhlaigh 1976: 19-68). Raasay-born Somhairle MacGill-Eain
(Sorley MacLean) has been described by Domhnall MacAmhlaigh as being the
“vital and imcomparable link” between the older,
traditional poetry and the new, modern poetry (MacAmhlaigh 1976:54). Here there is a section devoted to the work
of Somhairle MacGill-Eain. There is a selective listing of the work
of new modern poets who have worked and are working in Skye today. |
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