Genius in a provincial town: MacDiarmid's poetry and politics in Montrose

Lyall, Scott

Abstract

Explores the ways in which the activities of Christopher Murray Grieve in Montrose, Scotland as a journalist with the "Montrose Review," helped in the finding of poet Hugh MacDiarmid. Examination of MacDiarmid's professional working life; Analysis of MacDiarmid's poetry and its connection with the politics in Montrose; Information on MacDiarmid's modernist manifesto.

Citation

Lyall, S. (2004). Genius in a provincial town: MacDiarmid's poetry and politics in Montrose. Scottish studies review, 5(2), 41-55

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2004
• Deposit Date: Jun 29, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 29, 2011
• Print ISSN: 1475-7737
• Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 41-55
• Keywords: Hugh MacDiarmid; politics; poetry; Montrose; Scotland; national identity
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4576