Hugh MacDiarmid, the poetry of self / John Baglow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baglow, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978--Criticism and interpretation.

MacDiarmid, Hugh.

Self in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Baglow shows that this search for justification was a focus for MacDiarmid almost from the start, but that it was only with his development of "synthetic Scots" that he begin to grapple with it directly. While at first the idea of a Scottish essence seemed to promise the spiritual foundation MacDiarmid was seeking, as his poetry developed this idea became less important and he came to see poetry as an unrealizable ideal. This reading of MacDiarmid's poetry, relating it to the modernist movement, will be of value to readers interested in twentieth-century literature.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Hugh MacDiarmid and His Age

The Early Lyrics: The World and the Self

Uncouth Dilemmas

The Poetry of Particulars

Speaking in Tongues: The Final Statements

Conclusion: The Problems of the Modern Poet

Appendix: MacDiarmid and His Critics

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid

General Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

0-7735-6120-X

OCLC:

929121148