Hugh MacDiarmid : Man and Poet
For Scotland, Hugh MacDiarmid defined an era. Outside of Scotland, critical theory has only recently developed in ways that can address the full range of his work and the complexities of his cultural position and analysis. Hugh MacDiarmid: Man and Poet reexamines these questions at the centennial mark, bringing together for the first time scholars, poets, and writers from Scotland, Ireland, England, and the United States.
The 333-page volume is divided into five sections: 鈥淕rieve and MacDiarmid: Portrait(s) of a Poet,鈥 鈥淚n Memoriam Hugh MacDiarmid,鈥 鈥 鈥楾he Company I鈥檝e Kept鈥: Contexts and Intertexts,鈥 鈥 鈥榃haur Extremes Meet鈥: The Work,鈥 and 鈥淏ibliography,鈥 an annotated bibliography of works by and about Hugh MacDiarmid, compiled by W. R. Aitken.
Examining MacDiarmid鈥檚 poetry, politics, and linguistic experimentation, this collection includes not only essays on the multiple facets of his work, but a wide range of theoretical perspectives. It thus helps to place MacDiarmid in twentieth century critical views and to define his position on the crux of modernism and post-modernism.
Contents
Grieve and MacDiarmid: Portrait(s) of a Poet
Deidre Chapman, 鈥淎 Memoir鈥
Morag Enticknap, 鈥淎 Memoir鈥
Naomi Mitchison, 鈥淢acDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance鈥
In Memoriam Hugh MacDiarmid
Nancy Gish, 鈥淚nterview with Norman MacCaig, November 12, 1979鈥
Nancy Gish, 鈥淚nterview with John Montague 1980鈥
Nancy Gish, 鈥淚nterview with Seamus Heaney 1980鈥
Donald Davie, 鈥淚n a Year of the Olympics鈥
鈥淭he Company I鈥檝e Kept鈥: Contexts and Intertexts
Alan Bold, 鈥淢acDiarmid and the Cairncross Connection鈥
Raymond Ross, 鈥溾極neness of Concept鈥: MacDiarmid and Empirio-Criticism鈥
Peter McCarey, 鈥淟ev Shestov and Hugh MacDiarmid鈥
Alan Riach, 鈥淗ugh MacDiarmid and Charles Olson鈥
鈥淲haur Extremes Meet鈥: The Work
Kenneth Buthlay, 鈥淎dventuring in Dictionaries鈥
Harvey Oxenhorn, 鈥淔rom Sangschaw to 鈥楬arry Semen鈥: The Poet鈥檚 Language and the Poet鈥檚 Voice鈥
Rena Grant, 鈥淪ynthetic Scots: Hugh MacDiarmid鈥檚 Imagined Community鈥
Nancy Gish, 鈥淢acDiarmid Reading The Waste Land: The Politics of Quotation鈥
Roderick Watson, 鈥淟andscapes of Mind and Word: MacDiarmid鈥檚 Journey to the Raised Beach and Beyond鈥
Carl Freedman, 鈥淏eyond the Dialect of the Tribe: James Joyce, Hugh MacDiarmid, and World Language鈥
Stephen P. Smith, 鈥淗ugh MacDiarmid鈥檚 Lucky Poet: Autobiography and the Art of Attack鈥
Bibliography
W.R. Aitken, 鈥淎 Bibliography of Hugh MacDiarmid鈥