Hugh Macdiarmid's Poetry and Politics of Place: Imagining a Scottish Republic

by Scott Lyall

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748623345
• ISBN13: 9780748623341
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher