Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics : : The Bard of Contention (1914-2014) /

Robert Burns and Scottish Cultural Politics : : The Bard of Contention (1914-2014) / / Paul Malgrati.

Explores Robert Burns’s political legacy in modern and contemporary ScotlandUses Burns's lens to study radical changes in Scottish cultural politics, from Victorian unionism to contemporary nationalism.Discusses Burns's influence on Scottish unionism, conservativism, nationalism, socialism...

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Malgrati, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Scotland’s ‘Bardocracy’
  • 1. Explosive Memory: Burns Enters the Twentieth Century (1914–1919)
  • 2. Renaissance, Iconoclasm and Burnsian Reformation (1920–1930)
  • 3. Relic or Messiah? (1930–1940)
  • 4. ‘See Yonder Poor’: The Bard of Welfare (1941–1948)
  • 5. Into the Cold War: Checkpoint Rabbie (1948–1959)
  • 6. Indigenous Dreams and Kailyard Politics: Burns after Empire (1960–1979)
  • 7. The Bardic Politics of Scottish Devolution (1979–1999)
  • 8. Rabbie for Yes? (2000–2014)
  • Epilogue: A Poetic Constitution
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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