Edinburgh University Press Paperback English
Nan Shepherd's Correspondence, 1920–80
Edited by Kerri Andrews
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Recognised now as one of the most important voices to emerge from Scotlands literary Renaissance in the 1930s, the full extent of Nan Shepherds considerable cultural significance is revealed only in the letters she sent and received over the course of her long life and extraordinary career. Including letters from Neil Gunn, Hugh MacDiarmid, Jessie Kesson, Helen B. Cruickshank, Agnes Mure Mackenzie and many more, this edition documents Shepherds emergence as a celebrated novelist in the 1920s and 30s, her quieter years editing the Aberdeen University Review, and the composition of what would, eventually, be her most famous work, The Living Mountain. With an introduction, annotations and biographical sketches, Nan Shepherds Correspondence brings you into Nan Shepherds world as one of the most influential literary figures of her generation.
Recognised now as one of the most important voices to emerge from Scotlands literary Renaissance in the 1930s, the full extent of Nan Shepherds considerable cultural significance is revealed only in the letters she sent and received over the course of her long life and extraordinary career. Including letters from Neil Gunn, Hugh MacDiarmid, Jessie Kesson, Helen B. Cruickshank, Agnes Mure Mackenzie and many more, this edition documents Shepherds emergence as a celebrated novelist in the 1920s and 30s, her quieter years editing the Aberdeen University Review, and the composition of what would, eventually, be her most famous work, The Living Mountain. With an introduction, annotations and biographical sketches, Nan Shepherds Correspondence brings you into Nan Shepherds world as one of the most influential literary figures of her generation.