Iain Crichton Smith: Critical Essays

Modern Scottish Writers

by Colin Nicholson (Editor)

This is a critical book on the popular Scottish poet Iain Crichton Smith. A prolific writer, Ian Crichton Smith is a popular novelist, a writer of short fiction, a radio dramatist, a literary critic and a poet of distinction in both English and Gaelic. This collection concentrates mainly on his English poetry, but includes work on his radio writings and on the Gaelic poetry and prose. Fifteen critics, poets and commentators discuss his work from different perspectives, from historical to psychoanalytical, and from comparative treatments to structural and post-structural readings.

210 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 1992

About the author

Colin E. Nicholson taught at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in Canadian and Commonwealth literature.