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:
Literary papers of Thomas Sturdy Law (1916-1997), comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, and correspondence and papers relating to literary matters, Scottish socialism, and the Scots language.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13225
Scope and Contents
Thomas Sturdy Law, though one of the lesser-known 20th century Scottish poets, is an interesting figure. From a mining background and largely self-educated, he worked almost exclusively in Scots throughout his long and prolific writing life, which co-existed with his career as a technical writer. His poems were published in many periodicals and latterly under his own imprint, Fingerpost Publicatiouns. Law was championed at various times by Christopher Grieve, Douglas Young, Hamish Henderson,...
Dates:
1943-1997.
Video recording of T S Law poetry reading.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12208
Dates:
2nd half of 20th century.