In the Cairngorms by Nan Shepherd elegies both playful and profound

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In the Cairngorms by Nan Shepherd elegies both playful and profoundFirst published in 1934, In The Cairngorms is Nan Shepherds only book of poems. Although she wrote three acclaimed novels, and a remarkable prose meditation on the Cairngorms entitled The Living Mountain, Shepherd considered her poetry to have been her finest work. These poems were all written over a very long period. Each is possessed of a fierce intensity; together, they offer glimpses into what she once called the burning heart of life. Shepherds