Complete Poems, Volume 2

Hugh MacDiarmid

Carcanet, 1993 - Poetry - 742 pages

This volume includes the full texts of "In Memoriam James Joyce," "Three Hymns to Lenin," and "The Kind of Poetry I Want." Included are long poems and intense lyrics.

Contents

• In Memoriam James Joyce: 737
• The World of Words: 805
• The Snares of Varuna: 840

About the author

Hugh MacDiarmid, one of the greatest figures in 20th century Scottish literature and the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve, was born on August 11, 1892 in Langholm, Scotland. After MacDiarmid served during World War I, he held jobs in political offices and as a teacher and a journalist. MacDiarmid published the poem "Annals of the Five," and "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle," his most famous work. Hugh MacDiarmid died on September 9, 1978

Bibliographic information

• Title: Complete Poems, Volume 2; Complete Poems, Hugh MacDiarmid; Literature Online - Twentieth-Century English Poetry; Volume 3 of MacDiarmid 2000 : the collected works from Carcanet; MacDiarmid 2000, Hugh MacDiarmid; MacDiarmid 2000: the collected works, Hugh MacDiarmid; Works, Hugh MacDiarmid
• Author: Hugh MacDiarmid
• Editors: Michael Grieve, William Russell Aitken
• Publisher: Carcanet, 1993
• ISBN: 185754062X, 9781857540628
• Length: 742 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / General