Poems of the East-West Synthesis

Hugh MacDiarmid

Verlag: printed by The Caledonian Press, Glasgow, 1946

Beschreibung

Poems of the East-West Synthesis; by Hugh MacDiarmid; printed by the Caledonian Press, Glasgow, 1946. Christopher Murray Grieve (1892 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland in 1928 but left in 1933 due to his Marxist Leninist views. He joined the Communist Party the following year only to be expelled in 1938 for his nationalist sympathies. He would subsequently stand as a parliamentary candidate for both the Scottish National Party (1945) and British Communist Party (1964). In 1949, MacDiarmid's opinions led George Orwell to include his name in a list of "those who should not be trusted" to MI5. Today, MacDiarmid's work is credited with inspiring a new generation of writers. Fellow poet Edwin Morgan said of him: "Eccentric and often maddening genius he may be, but MacDiarmid has produced many works which, in the only test possible, go on haunting the mind and memory and casting Coleridgean seeds of insight and surprise." This slim volume, not much more than a pamphlet at 16 pages, is in very good condition, which is surprising given the poor paper stocks in the UK following World War II. It has a single staple in the middle of the spine. An extremely rare volume of the prolific author s works. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2244

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Poems of the East-West Synthesis

Verlag: printed by The Caledonian Press, Glasgow

Erscheinungsdatum: 1946

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good