The Voice of the People: Hamish Henderson and Scottish Cultural Politics

by Corey Gibson

Book Overview

Examining Hamish Henderson's search for the radical voice of the people in modern Scotland
How might the alienation of the artist in modern Scotland be overcome? How do you incite a popular folk revival? Can a poet truly speak with the 'voice of the people'? And what happens to the writer who rejects print culture in favour of becoming Anon.? The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk-hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474428495
• ISBN13: 9781474428491
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"