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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459655103321

Autore

MacDiarmid Hugh <1892-1978.>

Titolo

The correspondence between Hugh MacDiarmid and Sorley MacLean [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan R. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-74980-3

9786612749803

0-7486-4232-3

Edizione

[Annotated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacGill-EainSomhairle <1911-1996.>

WilsonSusan R

Disciplina

821.91209

Soggetti

Poets, Scottish - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Editorial apparatus -- pt. 2. The letters.

Sommario/riassunto

This is both the first complete annotated edition of the letters exchanged by these major twentieth-century Scottish poets and the first major exploration of their long friendship and literary association. Spanning nearly fifty years, from 27 July 1934 to 23 July 1978, this engaging correspondence offers a revealing and sometimes intimate look at their lively dialogical exchanges on a broad range of topics from major historical events such as the Spanish Civil War and WW II, to the mundane challenges of daily life. The introductory chapters chart the development of MacDiarmid and MacLean's end