{"product_id":"9780714550817","title":"Collected Poems : Introduction by Hugh MacDiarmid","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Smith, Sydney Goodsir \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePoetry\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 April 2025 by Alma Books Ltd (Calder Publications Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 269 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 | 380g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe premature death of Sydney Goodsir Smith at the age of fifty-nine deprived the world of one of the major personalities in twentieth-century British literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems included in this volume, mostly written in Scots dialect – from Skail Wind, first published in 1941, to the verse collections of his maturity and the gentle, philosophical compositions of his later years – show us the journey of a man who understood the world only too well, and are a testament to the inventive genius of his mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContains notes and a full glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55249116103031,"sku":"9780714550817","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780714550817.jpg?v=1748273649","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780714550817","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}