Fin-De-Siecle Scottish Revival - Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity

This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-siècle 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.

List of contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. The Scottish Romance Revival

2. The Belgian Revival and Japonisme in Scotland

3. Neo-Pagan Scotland: Fashioning Origins

4. The Occult Revival

5. The Pageant Revival: Popularising Renascence

Envoy
Bibliography

Summary

This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-siecle 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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Shaw, Michael (Sterling Drug Inc Malvern Pennsylva Shaw, Michael (Sterling Drug Inc Malvern Pennsylvania USA) Shaw, Shaw Michael
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781474433952
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-3395-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture; Edinburgh Critical Studies in
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies