The Poems of Norman MacCaig

The Poems of Norman MacCaig

Author: Norman MacCaig

Publisher: Birlinn Limited

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9781846971365

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By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book is the third edition of "MacCaig's Collected Poems" and is edited by his son Ewen. With 778 poems, 100 of them previously unpublished, this is a remarkable collection.


Between Mountain and Sea

Between Mountain and Sea

Author: Norman MacCaig

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1788850297

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'Two Men at Once' is one of Norman MacCaig best known poems. He was indeed two men at once: Edinburgh, the city where he was born and lived as a teacher and poet, was his home, but no other place shaped his poetry more than Assynt in Sutherland. It is here that he would spend many a summer on family holidays, walking the hills and fishing the lochs. MacCaig's fresh eye saw remarkable newness even in the everyday and each poem is a tiny revelation, a new look at an old friend. This collection celebrates, renews, and rediscovers Norman MacCaig's Assynt.


At the Loch of the Green Corrie

At the Loch of the Green Corrie

Author: Andrew Greig

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2010-04-02

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1849163952

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A homage to a remarkable poet and his world. 'At The Loch of Green Corrie is more than merely elegant, more than a collection of albeit fascinating insights, laugh-out-loud observations and impressively broad erudition' - Sunday Herald 'You could easily make a case that Andrew Greig has the greatest range of any living Scottish writer' - Scotsman For many years Andrew Greig saw the poet Norman MacCaig as a father figure. Months before his death, MacCaig's enigmatic final request to Greig was that he fish for him at the Loch of the Green Corrie; the location, even the real name of his destination was more mysterious still. His search took in days of outdoor living, meetings, and fishing with friends in the remote hill lochs of far North-West Scotland. It led, finally, to the waters of the Green Corrie, which would come to reflect Greig's own life, his thoughts on poetry, geology and land ownership in the Highlands and the ambiguous roles of whisky, love and male friendship. At the Loch of the Green Corrie is a richly atmospheric narrative, a celebration of losing and recovering oneself in a unique landscape, the consideration of a particular culture, and a homage to a remarkable poet and his world.


Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Author: Norman MacCaig

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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'WHENEVER I MEET HIS POEMS, I'M ALWAYS STRUCK BY THEIR UNDATED FRESHNESS, EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM AS ALIVE, AS NEW AND AS ESSENTIAL AS EVER. ' Ted Hughes Norman MacCaig - who died in January 1996 aged 85 prompting a flood of obituaries and retrospectives - is one of the most popular contemporary poets of the English language. Chatto has published all of MacCaig's collections since 1954, but the only book of his now in print is the large COLLECTED POEMS. This new SELECTED POEMS, edited and introduced by Douglas Dunn, includes his poetry from over forty years and some hitherto uncollected poems, and is the standard, indespensible introduction to his work. It shifts easily between the lochs and mountains of the highlands and the cityscapes of Edinburgh; between hauntingly beautiful love poems and poems about what MacCaig called the 'unemphatic marvels' of the natural world- herons, kingfishers, swans trout, toads. SELECTED POEMS will introduce MacCaig's work to a new generation of readers, and will become an essential volume for those who already love his work.


Three Scottish Poets

Three Scottish Poets

Author: Norman MacCaig

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 0862414008

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This book contains a selection of the finest work from three of Scotland's best-known and best-loved poets. They have fascinated and charmed thousands of readers and listeners across Europe and America with the energy, humor and compassion of their vision.


Scottish Set Text Guide: Poetry of Norman MacCaig for National 5 and Higher English

Scottish Set Text Guide: Poetry of Norman MacCaig for National 5 and Higher English

Author: Jamie Crawford

Publisher: Hodder Gibson

Published: 2020-02-28

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781510468337

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Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 and Higher Subject: English First teaching: September 2017 (N5) / September 2018 (Higher) First exams: Summer 2018 (N5) / Summer 2019 (Higher) Understand, analyse and evaluate the poetry of Norman MacCaig with this study and revision guide, written by experts who know how to prepare students for success in the National 5 and Higher English Critical Reading papers. Fully up to date with SQA's latest exam requirements, this guide: - Develops understanding of the language, structure and themes in [NAME]'s poetry through clear explanations and detailed commentary, supported by definitions of key terms and unfamiliar words - Builds critical and analytical skills as students are encouraged to think more deeply about the text and consider the writer's ideas, choices and techniques - Provides advice on how to tackle the different question types in the Scottish Texts section of the exam, with sample questions, model answers and examiner-style commentary, plus additional practice questions for students - Explains the requirements for the Critical Essay section of the exam, with tips and examples for planning, structuring and writing a top-grade essay, plus practice essay questions for students to answer - Highlights key quotations that students can use to enhance their exam responses and make comparisons between different parts of the text - Checks whether students have remembered the key points by including quick 'Review your learning' questions at the end of each chapter