William Peter Blatty
American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)
Douglas Dunn
Scottish poet (b1942)
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBEis a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He is Professor of English and Director of St Andrew’s Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrew’s University.
Table of Contents
About the Douglas Dunn
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBEis a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He is Professor of English and Director of St Andrew’s Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrew’s University.
6 Quotes by Douglas Dunn
- 1.
A poet’s cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.
Douglas DunnScottish poet (b1942)
- 2.
A poem can have an impact, but you can’t expect an audience to understand all the nuances.
Douglas DunnScottish poet (b1942)
- 3.
The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that’s an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.
Douglas DunnScottish poet (b1942)
- 4.
I’ve always thought my poems told stories.
Douglas DunnScottish poet (b1942)
- 5.
I’ve always liked Muir without knowing quite why.
Douglas DunnScottish poet (b1942)
- 6.
Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.
Douglas DunnScottish poet (b1942)