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Arts and the Nation, Paperback / softback Book

Arts and the Nation Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The latent liability in energy is anarchy, but when it's working in a direction with a sense of purpose like the independence movement, and according to the priorities of the arts, and not violence, there's a lot you can do.

There's a lot of self-respect to be regained. There's a lot of fun to be had. There's a lot to be learned. A panorama of ideas about nationality and culture, Arts and the Nation arose from the conviction that Scotland can never be really democratic until it gives the arts the priority of place and attention they demand.

This book is a fresh take on subjects new and old, with multifaceted ideas of nationality and culture.

Those featured include:William Dunbar, Duncan Ban MacIntyre and Elizabeth Melville are read alongside international authors such as Wole Soyinka and Edward Dorn. J.D. Fergusson, Joan Eardley and John Bellany are considered with American Alice Neel and the art of the ancient Celts. Composers like John Blackwood McEwen, Cecil Coles and Helen Hopekirk are introduced, amongst discussions of education, politics, social priorities, the mass media and different genres of writing.

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