The Wallace Muse

About the Book: 

The Wallace Muse is an anthology of poem and song inspired by William Wallace - one of Scotland's greatest heroes - composed by some of Scotland's greatest writers. Robert Burns, William Wordsworth, Robert Southey and other literary greats are represented, and a selection of new poems by contemporary Scottish and Scotland-based writers such as Edwin Morgan and Rab Wilson illustrates Wallace's continuing influence on the nation's literature.

About the Author:

LESLEY DUNCAN, a history graduate of the University of Glasgow and the State University of Pennsylvania, usa, is a journalist and poetry editor of The Herald newspaper, Glasgow. She also writes poetry herself, much of it on contemporary events and issues, and is joint editor with Maurice Lindsay of the Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 2005).

ELSPETH KING is the Director of the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, which has a large collection of Wallace memorabilia. She introduced and edited the Luath Press edition of Blind Harry’s Wallace, published in 1998. In 1997 the Smith hosted the exhibition Scotland’s Liberator – The Life and Legacy of William Wallace to mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge; in 2005 the Smith hosts The Face of William Wallace exhibition to commemorate the 700th anniversary of his execution.