R. B. Cunninghame Graham and Scotland : : Party, Prose and Political Aesthetic / / Lachlan Munro.

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• VerfasserIn: Munro, Lachlan,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 9 B/W illustrations

Explores the complex life of the most controversial and enigmatic Scot of his generation, and his contribution to Scottish life and lettersIncludes accounts from Hansard, and national and local newspaper sources Analyses Graham's relationships with literary figures such as Oscar Wilde, Frank Ha...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Note on Correspondence
• Prologue: The Gentleman Adventurer
• Introduction: The Periodic Legend
• PART I ‘THE PRENTICE POLITICIAN’, 1885–92
• Part I Introduction
• 1 Land and Labour: Words Adorned by Reason
• 2 Political Influences: Metamorphosis
• 3 Parliament: The Practical Idealist
• 4 Political Journalism: Confidence and Impunity
• 5 Empire: Imperial Sceptic
• 6 Colonialism: The Hand of Man
• 7 Ireland and Scotland: A Patient Realist
• Part 1 Conclusion
• PART II ‘THE FOUNTAIN OF HIS BRAIN’, 1893–1913
• Part II Introduction
• 8 Labour: An Aristocratic Minority
• 9 Literary Career: A Queer Potency
• 10 Empire: The Insidious Bacillus
• 11 The Sketches: A Secondary Storyteller
• 12 Colonialism: Misdirected Labours
• 13 Scotland: The Familiar Kail-yard
• Part II Conclusion
• PART III ‘THE FLESHLY TENEMENT’, 1914–36
• Part III Introduction
• 14 Labour: Touched by Pitch
• 15 Empire and Colonialism: Volte-face
• 16 Scotland: Awakening of a Nation
• 17 Continuing Literary Works: Things Unalike
• 18 Obituaries and Appreciations: An Immortal Type
• Part III Conclusion
• Conclusion
• The Literature
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index