Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain 1911-1996) is mostly acknowledged because the most important author in Scottish Gaelic of the 20th century. but his paintings possesses a relevance extending a ways past the boundaries of his kingdom or his language. His 1943 assortment D?in do Eimhir agus D?in Eile(Poems to Eimhir) introduced Gaelic poetry abreast of the fashionable global with breathtaking and infamous effectiveness. the affection series at its center indicates a tender guy scuffling with with the conflicting claims of affection and accountability opposed to the history of a continent hurtling unstoppably into all-out conflict. His political poem An Cuilithionn (The Cuillin) hyperlinks the tragedy of the Highland Clearances with a practice of left-wing radicalism which had the French and Bolshevik revolutions as its highpoints. His paintings was once characterized by way of a mix of reticence and outspokenness. the affection series couldn't be released in its entirety whereas he used to be alive, and An Cuilithionn waited part a century ahead of eventually showing in an abridged and shortened shape. This definitive variation brings jointly every little thing released in the course of the poet's existence time and the affection series in its fullest shape, besides extracts from the 1939 manuscript of An Cuilithionn and a beneficiant number of unpublished poems. MacLean's personal English types are complemented, the place beneficial, by means of models from the editors. a bit of notes highlights ancient and conventional references, and maps and a word list of place-names are provided.