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Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell), the author of the
acclaimed trilogy A Scots Quair, is one of the most important
Scottish writers of the early twentieth century. This volume in the
International Companions to Scottish Literature series gives a
comprehensive overview of Gibbon's writing, placing him in the
broader context of the social, political, and literary developments
of his time. A range of expert contributors demonstrate his
continuing relevance both in Scotland and internationally, and
provide readers with a comprehensive general introduction to his
life and work.
The only book on Hugh MacDiarmid currently in print, this study
gives unique focus to the politics of one of modern Scotland's
major cultural figures. By examining at length for the first time
those places in Scotland that inspired MacDiarmid to produce his
best poetry, it shows how the poet's politics evolved from his
interaction with the nation, exploring how MacDiarmid discovered a
hidden tradition of radical Scottish Republicanism through which he
sought to imagine a new Scottish future. Adapting postcolonial
theory, this book allows readers a fuller understanding not only of
MacDiarmid's poetry and politics, but also of international
modernism, and the social history of Scottish modernism. Key
features * The first full length study to focus on MacDiarmid's
politics * Analyses recently available government files from the
National Archives showing that MacDiarmid was watched by the
Security Services from 1931 to 1943. This has never appeared before
in any book * Draws uniquely on Carcanet's multi-volume MacDiarmid
2000 series * The first critical book to use the 'Red Scotland'
typescript in the National Library of Scotland and have access to
the recently rediscovered poems collected as The Revolutionary Art
of the Future (2003).
Hugh MacDiarmid is widely considered the most significant Scottish
poet since Robert Burns and the major literary force in
twentieth-century Scottish culture. His poetry is both compelling
in its intellectual challenge and captivating in its lyrical
beauty. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic
preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key
national and international concerns in modern culture and politics.
It offers a vital updating of MacDiarmid scholarship through
contributions by leading scholars of the modern period which
provide a contextual and interpretive guide to this challenging
writer. All of MacDiarmid's major poetic works are examined in
addition to a representative selection of his diverse output in
other genres, from journalism to shorter fiction, autobiography and
political polemic. His poetry and his place in the cultural history
of Scottish, British and international modernism will be
contemporised through consideration of his significance from a
European, transatlantic and ecological global perspective. This
collection of essays on MacDiarmid will draw on the creative and
discursive writings made newly available through the recent
publication of previously uncollected work. Key features: * Updates
and internationalises MacDiarmid studies * Provides informed
analysis and contextualisation of MacDiarmid's poetry through close
readings of texts * Utilises recently published MacDiarmid material
* Contributes to a re-drawing of the map of international literary
modernism
Hugh MacDiarmid is widely considered the most significant Scottish
poet since Robert Burns and the major literary force in
twentieth-century Scottish culture. His poetry is both compelling
in its intellectual challenge and captivating in its lyrical
beauty. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic
preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key
national and international concerns in modern culture and politics.
It offers a vital updating of MacDiarmid scholarship through
contributions by leading scholars of the modern period which
provide a contextual and interpretive guide to this challenging
writer. All of MacDiarmid's major poetic works are examined in
addition to a representative selection of his diverse output in
other genres, from journalism to shorter fiction, autobiography and
political polemic. His poetry and his place in the cultural history
of Scottish, British and international modernism will be
contemporised through consideration of his significance from a
European, transatlantic and ecological global perspective. This
collection of essays on MacDiarmid will draw on the creative and
discursive writings made newly available through the recent
publication of previously uncollected work. Key features: * Updates
and internationalises MacDiarmid studies * Provides informed
analysis and contextualisation of MacDiarmid's poetry through close
readings of texts * Utilises recently published MacDiarmid material
* Contributes to a re-drawing of the map of international literary
modernism
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