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Explores cultural defence and revivalism in Scottish literature and art The first book-length, interdisciplinary study on fin-de-siecle ScotlandUnlocks Scottish writers' and artists' participation in neo-paganism, the occult revival, neo-Catholicism and japonismeInformed by extensive analysis of under-explored archival materials, such as the Papers of Patrick GeddesRichly illustrated with artworks, photographs and ephemera As the Irish Revival took shape and the Home Rule debate dominated UK politics, what was happening in Scotland? This book reveals distinct but comparable concerns 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, Fiona Macleod, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mona Caird, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Duncan and various contributors to The Evergreen. Situating Scottish literature and art alongside international developments in culture, especially the rise of decadence, symbolism and Celticism, Michael Shaw demonstrates the ways in which dissident fin-de-siecle styles and ideas supported and defined the Scottish Revival.

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A ground-breaking piece of scholarship [...] Shaw's book is a treasure trove of fascinating information about the concerns and international influences which animated the cultural scene in late nineteenth century Scotland. --Graeme Purves Bella Caledonia

"This book will undoubtedly be an important and useful resource for those researching and teaching Scottish literature and culture. Beyond Scottish Studies, it offers a new way to approach commonly taught and researched Scottish authors, and an opportunity for instructors to expand beyond these canonical figures.--Sarah Sharp, University of Aberdeen ""English Studies"" A ground-breaking piece of scholarship [...] Shaw's book is a treasure trove of fascinating information about the concerns and international influences which animated the cultural scene in late nineteenth century Scotland.--Graeme Purves ""Bella Caledonia"" In this fascinating study, Shaw provides a major re-evaluation of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Scottish literature and culture. This book should be essential reading for scholars interested in the fin-de-si�cle literature and for scholars in Scottish studies more broadly.-- ""Kirstie Blair, University of Strathclyde"" Shaw's monograph ranges much further than Geddes and is full of insights on the complicated cultural intersections of the 1890s. But it is the figure of Geddes, with his hugely diverse range of preoccupations and projects, his inconsistencies and conflicts, that best embodies the ambitions and challenges of Shaw's wider study. It is unsurprising that one impetus behind this book is the late Douglas Gifford's call to explore further relationships between fin-de-si�cle Scotland and its links to the Scottish Renaissance. Shaw responds magnificently to this demand to read Scotland in the 1890s in terms of broader interrogations of modernity and civilisation across Europe.--Glenda Norquay, Liverpool John Moores University ""Scottish Literary Review"""

"A ground-breaking piece of scholarship　[...]　Shaw's book is a treasure trove of fascinating information about the concerns and international influences which animated the cultural scene in late nineteenth century Scotland. --Graeme Purves ""Bella Caledonia """

"A ground-breaking piece of scholarship [...] Shaw's book is a treasure trove of fascinating information about the concerns and international influences which animated the cultural scene in late nineteenth century Scotland.--Graeme Purves ""Bella Caledonia"" In this fascinating study, Shaw provides a major re-evaluation of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Scottish literature and culture. This book should be essential reading for scholars interested in the fin-de-si�cle literature and for scholars in Scottish studies more broadly.-- ""Kirstie Blair, University of Strathclyde"" Shaw's monograph ranges much further than Geddes and is full of insights on the complicated cultural intersections of the 1890s. But it is the figure of Geddes, with his hugely diverse range of preoccupations and projects, his inconsistencies and conflicts, that best embodies the ambitions and challenges of Shaw's wider study. It is unsurprising that one impetus behind this book is the late Douglas Gifford's call to explore further relationships between fin-de-si�cle Scotland and its links to the Scottish Renaissance. Shaw responds magnificently to this demand to read Scotland in the 1890s in terms of broader interrogations of modernity and civilisation across Europe.--Glenda Norquay, Liverpool John Moores University ""Scottish Literary Review"" This book will undoubtedly be an important and useful resource for those researching and teaching Scottish literature and culture. Beyond Scottish Studies, it offers a new way to approach commonly taught and researched Scottish authors, and an opportunity for instructors to expand beyond these canonical figures.--Sarah Sharp, University of Aberdeen ""English Studies"""

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Michael Shaw is Lecturer in Scottish Literature at the University of Stirling, having previously held posts at the Universities of Kent, Glasgow and Strathclyde. He is editor of A Friendship in Letters: Robert Louis Stevenson & J. M. Barrie (forthcoming from Sandstone Press).

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