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Poetry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Further offprints and cuttings of journal articles and newspaper contributions by MacDonald. , 1910-1924.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13587/4
Scope and Contents

464 folios and newspaper cuttings. A note by MacDonald at the beginning states that it was begun in October 1910 and completed in 1924. The volume brings together offprints of journal articles and press cuttings of letters and contributions of MacDonald to newspapers. The Gaelic songs or poetry he quotes in the newspaper articles in this volume is usually traditional or composed by other named poets; for his own original poetry see Acc.13587/3.

Dates: 1910-1924.

Newspaper cuttings of original Gaelic poetry of MacDonald, as well as articles on Gaelic subjects., 1902-1925

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13587/3
Scope and Contents 249 folios and press cuttings. The volume is entitled by MacDonald: "Newspapers cuttings &c. (mainly original compositions) and for publication - Gaelic particularly. Commenced June 1902. Completed March 1925." The volume also includes publications translated into Gaelic by MacDonald, such as 'Fiosrachadh 'o'n luchd-riaghlaidh mo dheighinn Chanada' (1892). The Gaelic poetry was mostly composed by MacDonald, usually to older tunes which he wished to revive by giving them more...
Dates: 1902-1925