Alan Riach es un célebre poeta y Profesor de Literatura Escocesa, cuyo trabajo profundiza en las intrincadas conexiones entre el lenguaje, el lugar y la identidad. Su estilo poético, marcado por su musicalidad y agudeza, explora con frecuencia temas de memoria, migración y patrimonio cultural. A través de sus versos y su escritura crítica, contribuye a una comprensión vibrante de la tradición literaria escocesa y su resonancia en la cultura contemporánea. La escritura de Riach invita a los lectores a considerar cómo nuestro lenguaje da forma a nuestra percepción del mundo y nuestro lugar en él.
Alan Riach's The MacDiarmid Memorandum is a work of epic, category-defying scope; a work that blends biography and national history, poetry and prose. This is as much a work on MacDiarmid (man, poet, and myth), as it is a study into a peculiarly Scottish kind of consciousness.
What do we mean by ‘Scottish literature’? Why does it matter? How do we engage with it? Bringing infectious enthusiasm and a lifetime’s experience to bear on this multi-faceted literary nation, Alan Riach, Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, sets out to guide you through the varied and ever-evolving landscape of Scottish literature. A comprehensive and extensive work designed not only for scholars but also for the generally curious, Scottish Literature: an introduction tells the tale of Scotland’s many voices across the ages, from Celtic pre-history to modern mass media. Forsaking critical jargon, Riach journeys chronologically through individual works and writers, both the famed and the forgotten, alongside broad overviews of cultural contexts which connect texts to their own times. Expanding the restrictive canon of days gone by, Riach also sets down a new core body of ‘Scottish Literature’: key writers and works in English, Scots, and Gaelic.Ranging across time and genre, Scottish Literature: an introduction invites you to hear Scotland through her own words.