This fascinating new study is about cultural change and continuities. At the core of the book are discrete literary studies of Scotland and Shakespeare, Walter Scott, R.L. Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, the modern Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and more recent cultural and literary phenomena. The central theme of literature and popular 'representation' recontextualises literary analysis in a broader, multi-faceted picture involving all the arts and the changing sense of what 'the popular' might be in a modern nation. New technologies alter forms of cultural production and the book charts a...
This fascinating new study is about cultural change and continuities. At the core of the book are discrete literary studies of Scotland and Shakespear...
Drawing on the literary and vernacular traditions of Scottish culture, Hugh MacDiarmid's creates modern literature that is both nationalistic and international in its range. This selection of his poetry explores the diversity of his writing, from delicate lyrics to fierce polemic.
Drawing on the literary and vernacular traditions of Scottish culture, Hugh MacDiarmid's creates modern literature that is both nationalistic and inte...
This critical analysis of Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry explores the poetics, themes, construction and publishing history of his work, discusses his contribution to 20th century literature and places him in an international context with comparative studies of Joyce, Pound, Brecht and others.
This critical analysis of Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry explores the poetics, themes, construction and publishing history of his work, discusses his contri...