Dr Matt McGuire Convenor (English Major) at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney. He has published widely on both Scottish and Irish Literature and he is the author of The Essential Guide to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2008). His work has appeared in the Edinburgh Review, Scottish Studies Review and The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2007). Colin Nicholson is Professor of Eighteenth-Century and Modern Literature at Edinburgh University where he teaches a course in Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry. During the 1990s he edited the British Journal of Canadian Literature, and is the author of Edwin Morgan: Inventions of Modernity (2002), and Fivefathers: Interviews with Late Twentieth-century Scottish Poets (2007).

...in its aim to engage students and scholars alike, this collection certainly achieves what it set out to do.

• Introduction Feeling Independent, Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson; 1. The Poetics of Devolution, Alan Riach; 2. Scottish Women's Poetry since the 1970s, Fiona Wilson; 3. Contemporary Poetry in Scots, Tom Hubbard; 4. Contemporary Gaelic Poetry, Niall O'Gallagher; 5. A Democracy of Voices , Kirsten Matthews; 6. Recent Scottish Poetry, Colin Nicholson; 7. Edwin Morgan, Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson; 8. Kenneth White and John Burnside, Marco Fazzini; 9. Aonghas MacNeacail, Peter McKay; 10. Kathleen Jamie, Matt McGuire; 11. Kenneth White, Cairns Craig; 12. Don Paterson, Alan Gillis; Further Reading;Notes on Contributors; Index.

Dr Matt McGuire Convenor (English Major) at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney. He has published widely on both Scottish and Irish Literature and he is the author of The Essential Guide to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2008). His work has appeared in the Edinburgh Review, Scottish Studies Review and The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2007). Colin Nicholson is Professor of Eighteenth-Century and Modern Literature at Edinburgh University where he teaches a course in Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry. During the 1990s he edited the British Journal of Canadian Literature, and is the author of Edwin Morgan: Inventions of Modernity (2002), and Fivefathers: Interviews with Late Twentieth-century Scottish Poets (2007).

...in its aim to engage students and scholars alike, this collection certainly achieves what it set out to do.

• Introduction Feeling Independent, Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson; 1. The Poetics of Devolution, Alan Riach; 2. Scottish Women's Poetry since the 1970s, Fiona Wilson; 3. Contemporary Poetry in Scots, Tom Hubbard; 4. Contemporary Gaelic Poetry, Niall O'Gallagher; 5. A Democracy of Voices , Kirsten Matthews; 6. Recent Scottish Poetry, Colin Nicholson; 7. Edwin Morgan, Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson; 8. Kenneth White and John Burnside, Marco Fazzini; 9. Aonghas MacNeacail, Peter McKay; 10. Kathleen Jamie, Matt McGuire; 11. Kenneth White, Cairns Craig; 12. Don Paterson, Alan Gillis; Further Reading;Notes on Contributors; Index.

Dr Matt McGuire Convenor (English Major) at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney. He has published widely on both Scottish and Irish Literature and he is the author of The Essential Guide to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2008). His work has appeared in the Edinburgh Review, Scottish Studies Review and The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2007). Colin Nicholson is Professor of Eighteenth-Century and Modern Literature at Edinburgh University where he teaches a course in Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry. During the 1990s he edited the British Journal of Canadian Literature, and is the author of Edwin Morgan: Inventions of Modernity (2002), and Fivefathers: Interviews with Late Twentieth-century Scottish Poets (2007).

...in its aim to engage students and scholars alike, this collection certainly achieves what it set out to do.

• Introduction Feeling Independent, Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson; 1. The Poetics of Devolution, Alan Riach; 2. Scottish Women's Poetry since the 1970s, Fiona Wilson; 3. Contemporary Poetry in Scots, Tom Hubbard; 4. Contemporary Gaelic Poetry, Niall O'Gallagher; 5. A Democracy of Voices , Kirsten Matthews; 6. Recent Scottish Poetry, Colin Nicholson; 7. Edwin Morgan, Matt McGuire and Colin Nicholson; 8. Kenneth White and John Burnside, Marco Fazzini; 9. Aonghas MacNeacail, Peter McKay; 10. Kathleen Jamie, Matt McGuire; 11. Kenneth White, Cairns Craig; 12. Don Paterson, Alan Gillis; Further Reading;Notes on Contributors; Index.