An Anthology of Scottish Women Poets

Over 70 poems are brought together in this anthology, demonstrating the scope and depth of a previously undocumented poetic tradition among Scottish women writers. The collection contains a wide range of work, from the Middle Ages to the present day, in Gaelic, Scots and English, as forgotten or undiscovered poets take their place beside the well-established. The introduction provides the background and context to the different traditions in Scotland including the oral/ballad, Gaelic bardic and modern traditions, and attempts to identify recurring themes in this women’s tradition . There are parallel translations of the Gaelic poems and marginal translations of Scots words.