Old World

Crawford knows when to be piano and when to ring out the forte… This is an exceptionally fine collection, and a model for how to nuance the stylistic shifts * Scotsman, praise for THE SCOTTISH AMBASSADOR *
A thorough, solid sequel to Crawford’s much-praised Young Eliot… This biography is going to play a large part in any future assessment of Eliot * Spectator, praise for ELIOT AFTER THE WASTE LAND *
For intellectual range, emotional depth, and lexical shimmer, Crawford is unsurpassed among recent Scottish poets – Liam McIlvanney * Sunday Herald *
Crawford’s first collection in seven years is…ecological poetry of great intelligence and sensitivity * Guardian *
Robert Crawford’s Old World is delightfully sprightly, given its awareness of transience… Although it has a serious theme…[it] is full of wit… Unlike much evanescent modern poetry, Crawford can deliver maximum re-readability in the smallest space * Scotland on Sunday *

• Poet, biographer, critic, and literary historian.
• Author of eight full collections of poetry and numerous prose books, including Young Eliot.
• Emeritus Wardlaw Professor of Poetry at the University of St Andrews.
• Fellow of the British Academy.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
• Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

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