Lanark, a series of papers
Author | : Hugh Davidson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Lanark (Scotland) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Hugh Davidson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Lanark (Scotland) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alasdair Gray |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1841959073 |
This novel is a work of extraordinary imagination and wide range. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying.
Author | : Hugh DAVIDSON (F.S.A. Scot.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alasdair Gray |
Publisher | : Dalkey Archive Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781564783073 |
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter--a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of Bella, but his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for Baxter's creation.The hilarious tale of love and scandal that ensues would be "the whole story" in the hands of a lesser author (which in fact it is, for this account is actually written by Dr. McCandless). For Gray, though, this is only half the story, after which Bella (a.k.a. Victoria McCandless) has her own say in the matter.Satirizing the classic Victorian novel, Poor Things is a hilarious political allegory and a thought-provoking duel between the desires of men and the independence of women, from one of Scotland's most accomplished authors.
Author | : Glyn White |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9780719069680 |
The immediate purpose of this book is to construct a vocabulary for the literary study of graphic texteual phenomena. -- introd.
Author | : Hugh Davidson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Lanarkshire (Scotland) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ophélie Siméon |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2017-10-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3319642278 |
This book provides an account of how, in the years 1800-1825, enlightened entrepreneur and budding reformer Robert Owen used his cotton mill village of New Lanark, Scotland, as a test-bed for a set of political intuitions which would later form the bedrock of early socialism in Britain. Drawing from previously unpublished archival sources, this study shows that New Lanark was not merely on the receiving end of Owen’s innovative brand of industrial paternalism, but also acted as a major source of inspiration for many aspects of his social system, including his desire to remodel society along communitarian lines. This book therefore reaffirms the centrality of New Lanark as the cradle of socialism in Britain, and provides a contextualised, social history of Owen’s ideas, tracing direct continuities between his early years as a paternalistic businessman, and his later career as a radical political leader. In doing so, it eschews the myth of New Lanark as a unidimensional ‘model’ village and addresses the ambiguities of Owen’s journey from paternalism to socialism.
Author | : Alasdair Gray |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2021-02-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1838853863 |
It is the Swinging Sixties and Kelvin Walker has moved from Scotland to London to make his fortune. Through his wanton ambition, a megalomania surfaces that is unrelieved by his insensitive attempts at friendship and romance. Yet is he all bad, or are the true villains the establishment figures who he tricks and deceives? And, ultimately, does it matter? Gray’s twist on the follies of religion, the media and the imperial British centre is as relevant now as ever.
Author | : Great Britain. Public Record Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 802 |
Release | : 1865 |
Genre | : Archives |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alasdair Gray |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 2014-02-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1782114327 |
Alsadair Gray wrote the first edition of this book for the 1992 general election. In it he showed the poor state of present-day Scotland; gave a concise, elegant history of the Scottish people and their relations with the rulers of England; argued that Scotland should have a strong government elected by its own people. Five years later Scotland still does not have that and its state has worsened. The original chapters have been revised and largely rewritten. New chapters dealing with Scottish education, land owning, and law and the Labour Party bring the argument to date. This is a more openly political book than the first edition, written to persuade people who feel their vote does not much influence how their country is managed that Scottish independence matters, and that only one political party is honestly working to achieve it.