Abstract
Examines the impact of an archipelagic perspective upon Hugh MacDiarmid’s ‘vision of world language’ as set forth in the 1955 poem In Memoriam James Joyce. Informed by his travels to Scottish islands, documented in The Islands of Scotland (1939), and his engagements with Norn in Shetland, MacDiarmid’s vision is both expansive and particular, characterised by its decentralised plurality, and driven by an attempt to capture both simultaneity and progressivism.
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Paterson, Fiona
(2024)
"Linguistic Islands: Archipelagic Perspectives in Hugh MacDiarmid’s ‘Vision of World Language’,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 49:
Iss.
1, 105–123.
DOI: 10.51221/sc.ssl.2024.49.1.7
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol49/iss1/7