Michael Ogilvie Imlah, známejší ako Mick Imlah, bol škótsky básnik a redaktor, ktorého tvorba sa vyznačovala prenikavým postrehom a bystrým intelektom. Jeho poézia často skúmala zložitosť moderného života, pretkávala osobné reflexie širšími kultúrnymi a spoločenskými témami. Imlahov jedinečný štýl, charakteristický precíznym jazykom a nečakanými zvratmi, zaujal čitateľov aj kritikov. Jeho dielo tak zanechalo nezmazateľnú stopu v súčasnej britskej literatúre.
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.