MacDiarmid the spaceman: extraterrestrial space in Hugh MacDiarmid’s poetry from Sangschaw to A drunk man looks at the thistle

Looking at Hugh MacDiarmid’s Sangschaw (1925), Penny Wheep (1926), and A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1926), this article considers MacDiarmid’s use of science, particularly astronomy, in the 1920s. It traces known and possible sources for his scientific knowledge in books and periodicals, especi...

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Main Author: Whitworth, MH
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: University of South Carolina Libraries 2024