The fin-de-siecle Scottish revival : romance, decadence and Celtic identity /
As the Irish Revival took shape and the Home Rule debate dominated UK politics, what was happening in Scotland? This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-si cle Scotland, evident in the work of a number of writers and artists including Robert...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] |
| Series: | Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | As the Irish Revival took shape and the Home Rule debate dominated UK politics, what was happening in Scotland? This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-si cle Scotland, evident in the work of a number of writers and artists including Robert Louis Stevenson, Patrick Geddes, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mona Caird, John Duncan and various contributors to The Evergreen. Situating Scottish literature and art alongside international developments in culture, especially the rise of decadence, symbolism and Celticism, Michael Shaw demonstrates the ways in which dissident fin-de-si cle styles and ideas supported and defined the Scottish Revival. -- Explores cultural defence and revivalism in Scottish literature and art The first book-length, interdisciplinary study on fin-de-siècleScotland Unlocks Scottish writers' and artists' participation in neo-paganism, the occult revival, neo-Catholicism and japonisme Informed by extensive analysis of under-explored archival materials, such as the Papers of Patrick Geddes Richly illustrated with artworks, photographs and ephemeraAs the Irish Revival took shape and the Home Rule debate dominated UK politics, what was happening in Scotland? This book reveals distinct but comparable concerns with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-sie?cle Scotland, evident in the work of a number of writers and artists including Robert Louis Stevenson, Patrick Geddes, Fiona Macleod, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mona Caird, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Duncan and various contributors to The Evergreen . Situating Scottish literature and art alongside international developments in culture, especially the rise of decadence, symbolism and Celticism, Michael Shaw demonstrates the ways in which dissident fin-de-sie?cle styles and ideas supported and defined the Scottish Revival. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1474433979 1474433987 9781474433976 9781474433983 |