Michael Ogilvie Imlah, známější jako Mick Imlah, byl skotský básník a editor, jehož dílo se vyznačovalo pronikavým pozorováním a bystrým intelektem. Jeho poezie často zkoumala složitost moderního života, proplétala osobní reflexe s širšími kulturními a společenskými tématy. Imlahův jedinečný styl, charakteristický precizním jazykem a nečekanými zvraty, zaujal čtenáře i kritiky. Jeho práce tak zanechala nesmazatelnou stopu v současné britské literatuře.
This volume is the first anthology to offer a view over the entire history of Scottish poetry, extending from the sixth to the end of the 20th century, and representing each of its stylistic currents with clarity and verve.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. The editors explain in their prefaces their choice of poems and their personal/critical reactions to them.Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92) was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, the sixth of eleven children of a clergyman. After a childhood marked by trauma, he went up to Cambridge in 1828, where he met Arthur Hallam, whose premature death had a lasting influence on Tennyson's life and writing. His two volumes of Poems (1842) established him as the leading poet of his generation, and of the Victorian period. He was created Poet Laureate in 1850 and in 1883 accepted a peerage.