Collected Poems
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
Av Edwin Morgan
379 kr
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- Utgivningsdatum1996-02-29
- Mått135 x 216 x 46 mm
- Vikt655 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SeriePoetry Pleiade
- Antal sidor608
- FörlagCarcanet Press Ltd
- ISBN9781857541885
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Edwin Morgan was a professor of English at Glasgow University and retired in 1980. He has since been a visiting professor at Strathclyde University and at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth.
- PrefacePrologue: Sculpture Dies Irae (1952)Dies IraeStanzas of the Jeopardy'What waves have beaten…'A Warning of Waters at EveningThe Sleights of DarknessThe Sleights of TimeSleight-of-MoralsHarrowing Heaven, 1924From the Anglo-Saxon:The RuinThe SeafarerThe WandererRiddles: Swallows; Swan; Bookworm; StormFrom the Middle English:The GraveThe Vision of Cathkin Braes (1952)The Vision of Cathkin BraesA Courtly OvertureIngram Lake or, Five Acts on the HouseA Snib for the NonesVerses for a Christmas CardA Song of the PetrelThe Cape of Good Hope (1955)The Cape of Good HopeThe Whittrick: a Poem in Eight Dialogues (1961; first published as a whole, 1973)from Newspoems (1965-1971)Notice in HellNotice in HeavenSick ManCharon's SongForgetful DuckMöbius's BedCome In Old CockIdyllNew English Riddles: 1Advice to a CorkscrewUnpublished Poems by Creeley: 2Visual soundpoemfrom Emergent Poems (1967)PleaDialeck PieceNightmareManifestofrom Gnomes (1968)Strawberry Fields ForeverArchivesAstrodomeThe Computer's Second Christmas CardThe Second Life (1968)The Old Man and the SeaThe Death of Marilyn MonroeJe ne regrette rienThe Domes of St SophiaThe White RhinocerosThe Third Day of the WolfAberdeen TrainThe Opening of the Forth Road BridgeTo Hugh MacDiarmidTo Ian Hamilton FinlayAn Addition to the FamilyCanedoliaStarryveldtMessage ClearBees' NestFrench Persian Cats Having a BallOrgyTo Joan EardleyLinoleum ChocolateGood FridayThe Starlings in George SquareKing BillyGlasgow GreenThe SuspectIn the Snack-barTrioPomanderSummer HaikuSiesta of a Hungarian SnakeBoats and PlacesSeven HeadlinesThe Computer's First Christmas CardOpening the CageThe Chaffinch Map of ScotlandThe Second LifeThe SheafThe UnspokenFrom a City BalconyWhen you goStrawberriesThe WitnessOne CigaretteThe PicnicAbsenceWithout ItThe WelcomeO Pioneers!Construction for I. K. BrunelUnscrambling the Waves at GoonhillyThe Tower of PisaSpacepoem 1: From Laika to GagarinChinese CatIslandsIn Sobieski's ShieldFrom the Domain of ArnheimFor the International Poetry IncarnationWhat is 'Paradise Lost' really about?The AgesA View of Thingsfrom Penguin Modern Poets 15 (1969)The Flowers of ScotlandThe Horseman's Word (1970)Arabian Nights Magic HorseClydesdaleNewmarketCentaurEohippusKelpieHrimfaxiZane'sHortobágyElegyfrom Instamatic Poems (1972)GLASGOW 5 MARCH 1971('With a ragged diamond')GLASGOW 5 MARCH 1971('Quickly the magistrate')NICE 5 MARCH 1971CHICAGO MAY 1971GERMANY DECEMBER 1970NIGERIA UNDATED REPORTED OCTOBER 1971LEATHERHEAD SURREY SEPTEMBER 1971AVIEMORE INVERNESSSHIRE AUGUST 1971MOUGINS PROVENCE SEPTEMBER 1971VENICE APRIL 1971LONDON JUNE 1970ROCKALL INVERNESSSHIRE JUNE 1972ELLINGHAM SUFFOLK JANUARY 1972LANCASHIRE NOVEMBER 1971WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 1971TRANSLUNAR SPACE MARCH 1972BANGAON INDIA JULY 1971GLASGOW OCTOBER 1971BRADFORD JUNE 1972CAMPOBASSO ITALY UNDATED REPORTED MARCH 1971LONDON NOVEMBER 1971('At the Festival of Islam')GLASGOW NOVEMBER 1971('It is a fine thronged…')GLASGOW NOVEMBER 1971('The "speckled pipe" of the MacCrimmons')MILAN UNDATED REPORTED OCTOBER 1971From Glasgow to Saturn (1973)Columba's SongFloating off to TimorIn GlasgowKierkegaard's SongTropicShantymanOban GirlThe WomanThe Apple's SongDriftFadoAfter the PartyAt the Television SetFrom the NorthThe Milk-cartEstrangedFor Bonfires i-iiiBlue ToboggansSong of the ChildLord Jim's Ghost's Tiger PoemFlakesHyenaThe Loch Ness Monster's SongThe MillLondon:I St James's ParkII SohoIII The Post Office TowerInterferences: a sequence of 9 poemsCheThe Fifth GospelAfterwardsThe GourdsLast MessageFrontier StoryThe Barrow: a dialogueThoughts of a ModuleThe First Men on MercurySpacepoem 3: Off CourseA Too Hot SummerItineraryBoxersLetters of Mr LonelyheartsA Jar RevisitedPleasures of a Technological UniversityThe Computer's First Dialect PoemsI The Furze Kidder's Bating (Northamptonshire)II The Birkie and the Howdie (Lowland Scots)The Computer's First Code PoemNot Playing the GameRider i-vGuy Fawkes MoonSaturday NightDeath in Duke StreetChristmas EveStobhillGlasgow Sonnets i-xThe New Divan (1977)The New DivanMemories of EarthSpace Sonnet & PolyfillaPolyfillaPictures Floating from the WorldThe ReversalsTwilight of a TyrannyThe WorldA GirlThree TreesOn John MacLeanVico's SongSir Henry Morgan's SongShaker ShakenLévi-Strauss at the Lie-DetectorWittgenstein on Egdon HeathTen Theatre PoemsFive Poems on Film DirectorsSchool's OutAdventures of the Anti-sageThe DivideSmokeThe BeginningThe PlanetsThe QuestionResurrectionsUnfinished PoemsStar Gate: Science Fiction Poems (1979)INSTAMATIC THE MOON FEBRUARY 1973The WorldsParticle Poems i-viEraFoundationA Home in SpaceThe MouthThe Clone PoemThe Moons of JupiterAmalthea, Io, Europa, Ganymede, CallistoUncollected Poems (1976-1981)The RockThe MummyFive Waiting PoemsInstructions to an ActorThe Archaeopteryx's SongA Good Year for DeathMigraine AttackAt Central StationWinterNew Year Sonnets i-xSurrealism RevisitedInterviewOreSteleGorgonFountainBookMt. CaucasusOn the WaterMoving HouseHome on the RangeOn the Needle's PointIn the BottleJordanstone Sonnets i-iiiCaliban Falls Asleep in the Isle Full of NoisesIranThe CoalsOn the Train i-iiiA RiddleA Pair of CatsLittle Blue BlueEve and AdamGrendelTarkovsky in GlasgowJack London in HeavenCinquevalliSonnets from Scotland (1984)SlateCarboniferousPost-GlacialIn ArgyllThe Ring of BrodgarSilva CaledoniaPilate at FortingallThe MirrorThe PictsColloquy in GlaschuMementoMatthew ParisAt Stirling Castle, 1507Thomas Young, M.A. (St Andrews)Lady Grange on St KildaTheory of the EarthPoe in GlasgowDe Quincey in GlasgowPeter Guthrie Tait, TopologistG.M. Hopkins in Glasgow1893The TicketNorth AfricaCaledonian AntisyzygyTravellers (1)Travellers (2)Seferis on EiggMatt McGinnPost-ReferendumGangsAfter a DeathNot the Burrell Collection1983A Place of Many WatersThe Poet in the CityThe Norn (1)The Norn (2)The TargetAfter FalloutThe Age of HeracleumComputer Error: Neutron StrikeInward BoundThe DesertThe CoinThe Solway CanalA Scottish Japanese PrintOutward BoundOn JupiterClydegradA Golden AgeThe Summonsfrom Selected Poems (1985)Night Pillionfrom The Dictionary of TeaCook in HawaiiThe Break-InAn Alphabet of GoddessesFrom the Video Box (1986)from Themes on a Variation (1988)The DowserVariations on Omar KhayyámStanzasThe RoomDear man, my love goes out in wavesWaking on a Dark MorningThe GurneyThe BenchNineteen Kinds of BarleyA Trace of WingsThe Hanging Gardens of BabylonA Bobbed Sonnet for Code CobberThe Computer's First Birthday CardByron at Sixty-FiveShakespeare: a ReconstructionTo the Queen: a ReconstructionChillon: a ReconstructionTrue Ease in Writing: a ReconstructionOn Time: a ReconstructionNot Marble: a ReconstructionHalley's CometThe Gorbals MosqueRules for Dwarf-ThrowingThe BearSave the Whale BallDom RajaThe ChangeVereshchagin's BarrowUncollected Poems (1949-1982)'The Triumph of Life': a conclusion to Shelley's PoemMaking a PoemDogs round a TreeInstant Theatre Go HomeA Child's Coat of Many ColoursThe FleasWarning PoemThe Moment of DeathBlues and Peal: Concrete 1969By the FireThe FuriesTrilobitesAn Arran DeathHeronBlackbirdsBlackbird MarigoldsThe BlackbirdThe Dolphin's SongNorthern NocturnalThe Glasgow Subway PoemsThe BudgieThe CatThe GiraffeThe PiranhasBy the Preaching of the WordThe Han PrincessFrom Cathkin Braes: a View of KoreaFriendly VillageBlack and GoldHungerSpellChicago North SideThe DemolishersThe MorningA New Book by WittgensteinThe Little White Rows of ScotlandThe Day the Sea SpokeFound Poem: the ExecutionerFound PoemsMy UncleMy DogMy GreenhouseFound Poem: GlasgowFound Poem: the AwakeningFound PoemsSmall HoldingsRough Neuk Quarry and PondSta' o'StableEvandale Glow-worms at NightDunbar Highway at Night'Jock Tamson's Bairns' at DawnGowrie in the Gloamin'Epilogue: Seven DecadesIndex of TitlesIndex of First Lines
Edwin Morgan is a poet with experience of laureateship: he was made Glasgow's first poet laureate in the autumn of 1999. Born in that city in 1920, Morgan's work is often considered alongside that of other Scottish Modernists such as Norman MacCaig, George Makay Brown, Iain Crichton Smith and Sorley MacLean.What kind of a poet is he? A hard question to answer with simplicity, because his interests and techniques, over the years have been remarkably varied.His Collected Poems, published by Carcanet in 1990, shows the range and scope of his work. In the 1960s he began to experiment with Concrete Poetry, where the typographic style, visual effect or the sound of the poem is as important as the words that make up the verse, the best known examples are probably 'The Computer's First Christmas Card' which begins:JollymerryhollyberryjollyberryAnd The Loch Ness Monster's Song?Sssnnwhufffll?Hnwhufflhhnnwfl hnfl hfl?His interest in technology can be seen in volumes such as Instamatic Poems (1972) and From the Video Box (1986); both books address the interaction between the word, the image and the intermediaries we can use to convey those words and images.He was in the vanguard of Scots who began to address their urban landscape; his volume From Glasgow to Saturn appeared in 1973, eight years before Alasdair Gray's emblematic novel, Lanark. His experimentalism comes out of the solid ground of an understanding of poetic tradtion and form. He has written sonnets; he has imagined Lord Byron in the old age that the poet never reached; he has written librettos for opera and performed with the jazz saxophonist Tommy Smith.Not for nothing, it would seem, is the Centre for Creative Writing at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde named after him. Not only has he translated poetry out of many languages - Russian, Hungraian, French, Italian, Portuguese, to name a few - his translations of classics into Scots have won him high praise; his version of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac appeared in 1992; his Phedre, after Racine, in 2000.One might reasonably ask whether the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom as a whole, Andrew Motion, need feel threatened by this appointment; certainly, it's true to say - and the poet himself would be the last to deny it - that Motion's work is rooted in a particularly English (rather than British) tradition. His critical work has focused on writers such as Philip Larkin and John Keats; the writers he most admires, he has said, are: Wordsworth, Edward Thomas and Larkin. Does this mean a narrow gaze? Not necessarily. It's worth nothing that it was as true of his most recent predecessors, Ted Hughes and John Betjeman. Art is strengthened by particularity and attention to detail; to range widely for the sheer sake of 'inclusiveness', would not necessarily be a virtue.This appointment may be just another sign of devolution, but it is certainly a sign that there is room, in the literary and cultural landscape, for many voices. What does a Poet Laureate do? He or she addresses the nation through poetry; and speaks on behalf of poetry too. That there should be more powerful voices raised on behalf of art and what art can do for all of us, is surely no bad thing.