Hugh Macdiarmid : black, green, red and tartan
Purdie, Bob
Hugh Macdiarmid : black, green, red and tartan text Bob Purdie. - Cardiff Welsh Academic Press 2012 - xii, 145 pages, [4] unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Essential reading for all those with an interest in contemporary Scotland, this is the first study of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978) by a political historian and provides a unique contribution to the understanding of MacDiarmid's politics. With the Scottish Independence referendum due in 2014, this very timely study outlines why MacDiarmid, the most important literary figure of twentieth century Scotland, believed that the Scottish culture of his day was making the nation satisfied with its subordinate status within the UK, and why he strove for a self-reliant and independent European nation. In this book Bob Purdie explains why MacDiarmid was a man in constant revolt, against what he viewed as a stiflingly narrow Scottish culture, against all that was provincial and philistine in Scottish society and against Scotland's dependency on England.
9781860570278 (hbk.)
2012464535
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 - Criticism and interpretation
Scotland - Independence
Biography
920 MAC/PUR
Hugh Macdiarmid : black, green, red and tartan text Bob Purdie. - Cardiff Welsh Academic Press 2012 - xii, 145 pages, [4] unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140) and index.
Essential reading for all those with an interest in contemporary Scotland, this is the first study of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978) by a political historian and provides a unique contribution to the understanding of MacDiarmid's politics. With the Scottish Independence referendum due in 2014, this very timely study outlines why MacDiarmid, the most important literary figure of twentieth century Scotland, believed that the Scottish culture of his day was making the nation satisfied with its subordinate status within the UK, and why he strove for a self-reliant and independent European nation. In this book Bob Purdie explains why MacDiarmid was a man in constant revolt, against what he viewed as a stiflingly narrow Scottish culture, against all that was provincial and philistine in Scottish society and against Scotland's dependency on England.
9781860570278 (hbk.)
2012464535
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 - Criticism and interpretation
Scotland - Independence
Biography
920 MAC/PUR