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Author: Catriona M.M. MacDonald Publisher: Birlinn Ltd ISBN: 1788856023 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 598
Book Description
On the cusp of memory and history, the story of Scotland's twentieth-century is contested territory: international yet parochial; prosperous yet ailing; and, passionate yet temperate. This thematic account of Scotland's twentieth century examines the economic, social, political and cultural aspects that shaped the country during the period. Catroina MacDonald underlines the tensions inherent in the life of a nation distinguished by stark changes and surprising continuities, a fragmented identity, a shifting and at times uneasy accommodation in the UK nation state, and an ongoing engagement with globalising tendencies. In identifying the choices, ambitions, possibilities and contradictions that Scotland experienced during a century of profound change, she uncovers a country in which one can truly say extremes met.
Author: Catriona M.M. MacDonald Publisher: Birlinn Ltd ISBN: 1788856023 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 598
Book Description
On the cusp of memory and history, the story of Scotland's twentieth-century is contested territory: international yet parochial; prosperous yet ailing; and, passionate yet temperate. This thematic account of Scotland's twentieth century examines the economic, social, political and cultural aspects that shaped the country during the period. Catroina MacDonald underlines the tensions inherent in the life of a nation distinguished by stark changes and surprising continuities, a fragmented identity, a shifting and at times uneasy accommodation in the UK nation state, and an ongoing engagement with globalising tendencies. In identifying the choices, ambitions, possibilities and contradictions that Scotland experienced during a century of profound change, she uncovers a country in which one can truly say extremes met.
Author: Catriona M. M. MacDonald Publisher: Polygon ISBN: 9781904598206 Category : Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
This is a story of a country on the edge of Europe that was at the centre of European events, and a home to Empire builders in an age that came to scorn imperialism. Here we come to understand an economy which was a dominant influence on the industrial age but consequently suffered the most acute symptoms of its decline. In this society education was a cherished institution though much of the century was spent in its reform; tartan clad bride-grooms still stood at altars at the century's close though divorce increasingly stole the optimism of newly weds and single mothers grew in numbers outside school gates. Politically, the century is to be remembered as the deliverer of devolution, though for most of the time, nationalism was scarcely taken seriously. Catriona MacDonald points to the irony of native critics who called on Scotland's cultural ambassadors to more honestly reflect their roots rather than their aspirations, as if to do otherwise they betrayed some recognized yet unspoken 'cause'. This truly was a place where extremes met: Scotland was their expression, and its history was in their gift. Whaur Extremes Meet is a major contribution to the literature on Scotland in the twentieth century.
Author: Annie Boutelle Publisher: Bucknell University Press ISBN: 9780838750230 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 272
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By examining the poems chronologically and sympathetically and by exploring the relationship of language, formal dynamics, image, and theme, this study attempts to discover the essence of MacDiarmid's highly individual contribution to the poetry of this century.
Author: Jeffrey Skoblow Publisher: University of Delaware Press ISBN: 9780874137286 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
'Dooble Tongue' is an imaginative meditation on Robert Burns and Scottish poetry, as well as a book that engages and contests the customary assumptions and practices of literary criticism. Beginning with an examination of two contemporary Scottish poets, W.N. Herbert and Robert Crawford, and moving back in time to the Scottish Modernist master Hugh MacDiarmid, then further back to Burns himself, the study of the Scottish tradition is situated in a broad historical context. The focus throughout is on language (particularly Scots), more broadly vernacular literature in relation to culturally elite literary and critical modes- as well as on questions of literary nationalism and the cultural politics of poetic discourse.
Author: Robert Kronenburg Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1135805784 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
Transportable Environments explores aspects of the historical and theoretical basis for portable architecture and provides an insight into the wide range of functions that it is used for today, the varied forms that it takes and the concerns and ideas for its future development. Written by a team of international commentators, this volume provides a state-of-the-art survey of this specialist area and will be of interest to a wide range of professionals across the construction and design industries.
Author: Alan Bold Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press ISBN: 9780870237140 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 506
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A biography of Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978). Examines not only his literary career in both Scots and English verse, but also his political work as a communist, cofounder of the Scottish National Party, and frequent candidate for Parliament. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland,
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