Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry and politics of place : imagining a Scottish republic /

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, Scott Lyall shows how the poet's politics evolved from his interaction with the nat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyall, Scott
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=205526
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations of Works by Hugh MacDiarmid; A Note on the Text; Imagining a Scottish Republic; Chapter 1 'Towards a New Scotland': Selfhood, History and the Scottish Renaissance; Chapter 2 Debatable Land; Chapter 3 'A Disgrace to the Community'; Chapter 4 At the Edge of the World; Chapter 5 'Ootward Boond Frae Scotland': MacDiarmid, Modernism and the Masses; Index.