Albyn: Shorter Books and MonographsCarcanet Press, 1996 - 387 pages Substantial pieces on Scottish themes are assembled in this volume, from Albyn (1927) to A Political Speech delivered at Glasgow University in 1972.The editor has focused on MacDiarmid's view of powerful figures in Scottish culture, notably David Hume and - of particular interest in this Burns bicentenary year - Robert Burns.MacDiarmid's consideration of Burns in the year celebrating the bicentenary of his birth (1952) has lost none of its iconoclastic force. |
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The Present Position of Scottish Music 1927 | 40 |
The Present Position of Scottish Arts and Affairs 1928 | 59 |
The Scottish National Association of April Fools 1928 | 65 |
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