The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution?

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Although a number of publications have appeared in recent years marking the importance of the 'swinging sixties', many tend to be personally reflective in nature and London-centric in their coverage. By contrast, The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution? addresses this misrepresentation and in so doing fills a gap in both Scottish and British literary and cultural studies. Through a series of academic analyses based on archival records, ephemera and work produced during the 1960s, this volume focuses, uniquely, on Scotland. In its concern with some of the key figures of Scottish cultural life, the book considers amongst other topics the implications of censorship, the role of little magazines in shaping cultural debates, the radical nature of much Scottish literature of the time, developments in the avant-garde and the role of experiment in theatre, film, TV, fine art and music. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction The Sixties in Scotland: A Historical Context Explorer: Into the Sixties with Tom McGrath Scottish Poetry: The Scene and the Sixties Some Questions about Literary Infrastructure in the 1960s Edwin Morgan, Hugh MacDiarmid and the Direction of the MacAvantgarde Late News from the Provinces: The Trial of Cain's Book Through Expatriate Eyes: Muriel Spark, Alexander Trocchi, and the Empowerment of Scottish Literature during the 1960s Culture and the City: Poetry, Painting and Music in 1960s Glasgow Clan Balls, Luvvers and Incredible Strings: Popular Music in 1960s Glasgow The Folkniks in the Kailyard: Hamish Henderson and the 'Folk-song Flyting' Mind the Gap: Scottish Theatre in the 1960s? Planting the Seeds of Ambition: Scottish Film in the 1960s Photographing Lallans: Alan Daiches, Alexander Scott and Sydney Goodsir Smith's Poems for Television Re-thinking 'Provincialism': Scotland's Visual Culture in the 1960s Index