On Glasgow and Edinburgh - Brossura

Crawford, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0674088034 ISBN 13: 9780674088030

Casa editrice: Belknap Pr, 2015

Riassunto

A mere forty miles apart, these cities have enjoyed a rivalry since wistful Edinburgh lost parliamentary sovereignty and defiant Glasgow came into its industrial promise. Crawford brings them to life between the covers of one book, in a tale that mixes novelty and familiarity, as Scotland’s cultural capital and largest commercial city do.

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Recensione:

This new book - written ' for both with love' - is about the two cities the poet appears to car about most. [...] Such is my wholly prejudiced, bullying and the sneering preference for Glasgow, and so keen was I for evidence of a secret love expressed in code, that I read this book at times as if it were a parish romance. [Alas], he is fair. His personification of these cities is so thorough, and in keeping with his overall aesthetic as a poet who tenders contradiction, that you cannot [...] use the book as --Andrew O'Hagan, London Review of Books, 23/05/2013

"Robert Crawford... has in On Glasgow and Edinburgh yoked together the two warring siblings of urban Scotland, seeking to calm their feud by writing separately, perceptively and in great detail about each. Edinburgh, its golden age of 18th-century enlightenment over, is still rich enough in sights and in the artefacts of history to fascinate. Glaswegians see themselves as more passionately attached to their city, the dear green place , even to the stereotypes of fried Mars Bars and the violence of the Rangers-Celtic, Protestant-Catholic wars, which can still draw blood." --John Lloyd, Financial Times, 13 December 2013

"a fascinating book filled with pithy observations and unexpected anecdotes. Crawford comes across like an erudite, beady eyed flaneur, alive to the relationship between topography and history [...] This richly illustrated, intelligent and compelling work of history and reflection offers heartfelt tribute to both [cities] and would fit handsomely on the shelves of libraries in the east or west." --David Stenhouse, Scotland on Sunday, 27 January 2013

L'autore:

Poet and critic Robert Crawford is Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St. Andrews.

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• Editore: Belknap Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0674088034
• ISBN 13: 9780674088030
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 345