Riach / Moffatt / Purser Arts and the Nation

A critical re-examination of Scottish Literature, Painting, Music and Culture
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-912387-16-8
Verlag: Luath Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

A panorama of ideas about nationality and culture, Arts and the Nation arose from the conviction that Scotland can never be really democratic until it gives the arts the priority of place and attention they demand. This book is a fresh take on subjects new and old, with multifaceted ideas of nationality and culture. Those featured include: William Dunbar, Duncan Ban MacIntyre and Elizabeth Melville are read alongside international authors such as Wole Soyinka and Edward Dorn. J.D. Fergusson, Joan Eardley and John Bellany are considered with American Alice Neel and the art of the ancient Celts. Composers like John Blackwood McEwen, Cecil Coles and Helen Hopekirk are introduced, amongst discussions of education, politics, social priorities, the mass media and different genres of writing. What was the real reason Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated his dark masterpiece to his cousin Katharine de Mattos? Why was Katharine's own tale of duality published under a pseudonym? When Fanny Stevenson 'stole' another story idea from Katharine, why did RLS explode with Hydelike rage at the cousin for whom he had once been 'the one that loves you - Jekyll, and not Hyde'? Featuring the full text of Katharine's tale of duality, Fanny's stolen story and another tale revealing Katharine's grief at losing her cousin's love forever, Mrs Jekyll & Cousin Hyde sheds new light on one of the greatest Victorian authors.

ALAN RIACH was born in Airdrie in 1957. He studied English literature at Cambridge University from 1976 to 1979. He completed his PhD in the Department of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University in 1986. His academic career has included positions in the Faculty of Arts, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand 1986-2000 and internationally, in the USA, Poland, India and Montenegro. He returned to Scotland in January 2001 and is currently the Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riach, Alan

Moffatt, Alexander

Purser, John