• Expands the canon of Scottish poetry well beyond the shadow of Burns and Scott
• Situates Gaelic poets alongside English and Scots speaking counterparts to reveal common interests, forms, and themes in the period
• Includes ballads, odes, epistles, sonnets, fables, and many other poetic forms, with a formidable number of long works printed in full
• Collects together dozens of previously forgotten or lesser known female and working-class poets, as well as Scotland's first recognizably trans male author
• The introduction offers a succinct overview of Scottish poetry in the period 1730-1830
• The select bibliography lists invaluable resources, anthologies, and studies pertinent to Scottish poetry

　　　　
he pride o' a' our Scottish plain;
Thou gi'es us joy to hear thy strain,
(Janet Little, 'An Epistle to Mr Robert Burns')

The 18th century saw Scotland become one of the leading international centres of literature, philosophy, and publishing and yet still retain its lively oral tradition of ballads and poetry. Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830 edited by Daniel Cook contains over 200 poems and songs written in Scots, English, and Gaelic which reflect this vibrant period of literary flourishing. The collection places Burns, Scott, and other major writers alongside lesser known or even entirely forgotten figures. Gaelic poets feature in their original language and in translation, along with many important long poems in their entirety. Lairds and ladies jostle with labouring-class writers, satirists with sentimentalists, Gaelic bards with Gothic balladists, rural singers with urbanite odists, and together they reveal the unrivalled range of Scottish poetry.