Michael Ogilvie Imlah, beter bekend als Mick Imlah, was een Schotse dichter en redacteur wiens werk werd gekenmerkt door scherpe observaties en een helder intellect. Zijn poëzie verkende vaak de complexiteit van het moderne leven, waarbij persoonlijke reflecties werden verweven met bredere culturele en maatschappelijke thema's. Imlahs kenmerkende stijl, gemarkeerd door precieze taal en onverwachte wendingen, boeide zowel lezers als critici. Zijn bijdragen hebben een belangrijke stempel gedrukt op de hedendaagse Britse literatuur.
This volume is the first anthology to offer a view over the entire history of Scottish poetry, extending from the sixth to the end of the 20th century, and representing each of its stylistic currents with clarity and verve.
An anthology that offers a view over the history of Scottish history, extending from the 6th century to the end of the 20th. This volume also features poetry in Gaelic, Latin and other languages. Mingling Highland and Lowland, the religious and the profane, poems by kings and crofters, it serves as a guide to the poetry of Scotland.
'No poet in Scotland now can take as his inspiration the folk impulse that created the ballads, the people's songs, the legends of Mary Stuart and Prince Charlie,' proposed Edwin Muir.
Mick Imlah's second and long-awaited collection The Lost Leader was published to acclaim in 2008, shortly before his early death in January 2009.
As well as a highly-respected poet and editor, Mick Imlah (1956 - 2009) was one of the finest literary critics of his generation. With a preface by Mark Ford, this volume draws together a selection of Imlah's essays that reveal the formidable breadth of his unique literary insight, and the flair with which he communicated it.