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This edited volume provides a contemporary reappraisal of the work and legacy of Hugh MacDiarmid, presenting new perspectives from an international group of researchers. Addressing pivotal elements of MacDiarmid’s biography, politics, aesthetics and multilingual literary practice, this collection contextualises his writing within current critical discussions and evolving perceptions of modernism, nationalism, and cultural identity. The essays illuminate the complexities and continuities of MacDiarmid’s career, reassessing his contribution to twentieth-century literature and its relevance today. This volume is suitable for scholars, students, and informed readers, and it promotes renewed academic engagement with one of Scotland’s most influential and controversial literary figures.
Price: $142.00
Pages: 325
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
20 August 2026
ISBN: 9789004762459
Format: Hardcover
Camille Manfredi is Professor of Scottish literature and visual arts at the University of Western Brittany. She recently co-edited Scottish Writing after Devolution: Edges of the New (2022) and Intermedial Art Practices as Cultural Resilience (2024).
Fiona Paterson holds a PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of Glasgow. Her PhD thesis, Hugh MacDiarmid, Poetry and the Idea of World Language (2024), presents a survey of MacDiarmid’s engagement with language and languages throughout his career. She has published book reviews and papers on MacDiarmid and his contemporaries in literary journals and has presented on Scottish modernism at various conferences and events.
Philippe Laplace is Professor at the University Marie et Louis Pasteur (Besançon). He is the author of a 2006 monograph on Neil M. Gunn and currently researches St Kilda and its literary representation within Scottish and broader cultural studies.