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Although a number of publications have appeared in recent years marking the importance of the ‘swinging sixties’, many tend to be personally reflective in nature and London-centric in their coverage. By contrast, The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution? addresses this misrepresentation and in so doing fills a gap in both Scottish and British literary and cultural studies. Through a series of academic analyses based on archival records, ephemera and work produced during the 1960s, this volume focuses, uniquely, on Scotland. In its concern with some of the key figures of Scottish cultural life, the book considers amongst other topics the implications of censorship, the role of little magazines in shaping cultural debates, the radical nature of much Scottish literature of the time, developments in the avant-garde and the role of experiment in theatre, film, TV, fine art and music.
Price: $132.00
Pages: 316
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature
Publication Date:
01 January 2013
ISBN: 9789042037267
Format: Paperback
"This collection of essays is a long overdue account of the impact of the 1960s on Scottish literature, film, art, television and music. The authors bring to the project an expertise in a range of fields in order to critically examine some of the myths and counter-myths of this seminal decade. […] The volume is a welcome addition to the historiography of the 1960s. There is much detail, nuance and complexity in the way in which each author reconstructs a sense of time, place, identity, movement and conflict." – Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton, in: Northern Scotland 7.1 (2016), pp. 121-124
"[…] we can be grateful for this survey of the decade's tensions and developments, its passionate encounters between the generations – so well embodied in the startling illustration which adorns its cover" – David Robb, University of Dundee, in: The Bottle Imp 2014 [Full review]
"The fifteen essays collected in The Scottish Sixties vividly and authoritatively map out the key events and figures through which Scotland was plugged into international artistic, cultural and social changes.There are engaging portraits of iconic individuals such as Tom McGrath (in interview with Bartie), Hamish Henderson (Corey Gibson), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Tom Normand and others) and Edwin Morgan (James McGonigal and others); and of lesserknown figures such as Margaret Tait (Duncan Petrie), D.M. Black and Kenneth Whyte (Roderick Watson)." – Greg Thomas, University of Edinburgh, in: Studies in Scottish Literature 40:1 (2014), pp. 235-240 [Full review]
"[…] we can be grateful for this survey of the decade's tensions and developments, its passionate encounters between the generations – so well embodied in the startling illustration which adorns its cover" – David Robb, University of Dundee, in: The Bottle Imp 2014 [Full review]
"The fifteen essays collected in The Scottish Sixties vividly and authoritatively map out the key events and figures through which Scotland was plugged into international artistic, cultural and social changes.There are engaging portraits of iconic individuals such as Tom McGrath (in interview with Bartie), Hamish Henderson (Corey Gibson), Ian Hamilton Finlay (Tom Normand and others) and Edwin Morgan (James McGonigal and others); and of lesserknown figures such as Margaret Tait (Duncan Petrie), D.M. Black and Kenneth Whyte (Roderick Watson)." – Greg Thomas, University of Edinburgh, in: Studies in Scottish Literature 40:1 (2014), pp. 235-240 [Full review]