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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 2789 Collections and/or Records:

Corrected manuscripts of three poems, undated, in Gaelic of Maoilios M Caimbeul.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9534
Scope and Contents

With inscribed copies of Caimbeul`s poetry collections, "Eileanan" (1980) and "Bailtean" (1987).

Dates: 1980-1987 and undated.

Corrected proofs of John Bellany and Alan Bold, "Homage to MacDiarmid".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9156
Scope and Contents

With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.

Dates: circa 1986.

Corrected typescript of ‘A handful of earth’ by William Soutar., [1936.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.8582
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.

Dates: [1936.]

Corrected typescripts and proofs of "Kynd Kittock's land" by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1964-1965.

 File
Identifier: MS.26127
Scope and Contents

The poem was originally commissioned by BBC television and broadcast in 1964. It was published in book form the following year. These papers contain the text of both the broadcast and printed versions.

Dates: 1964-1965.

Corrected typescripts of "Brand the Builder" by Tom Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12273
Scope and Contents

Includes artwork for the Ember Press edition of "Brand the Builder", and typescripts of other poems.

Dates: circa 1974-1975.