“The tartan comedy […] belies the fact that Mackenzie was deeply politicised”
Prof Alan Riach compares the lives, politics, & wildly varied & prolific careers of 2 major 20th-century Scottish writers: Compton Mackenzie & Naomi Mitchison
4/4
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #ComptonMackenzie #politics #ScottishPolitics #NaomiMitchison
Queer Nostalgia & Island Time in JM Barrie & Compton Mackenzie
SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW 16/1 (2024)
Dr Timothy C. Baker on JM Barrie’s MARY ROSE (1920) & Compton Mackenzie’s 2 portraits of queer life on Capri: VESTAL FIRE (1927), & EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN (1928)
Free online via Project MUSE
@litstudies
3/4
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/930909
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #ComptonMackenzie #Queer #QueerLit #QueerHistory #JMBarrie
Straight Outta Compton (Mackenzie)
Edward Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972) was born #OTD, 17 Jan. Mainly remembered today for his 1947 comedy WHISKY GALORE, he wrote more than 100 books & influenced writers such as F Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, & Cyril Connolly
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https://unherd.com/2022/11/the-forgotten-genius-of-compton-mackenzie/
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #ComptonMackenzie #FScottFitzgerald #GeorgeOrwell #CyrilConnolly
Queer Nostalgia & Island Time in JM Barrie & Compton Mackenzie
SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW 16/1 (2024)
Dr Timothy C. Baker on JM Barrie’s MARY ROSE (1920) & Compton Mackenzie’s 2 portraits of queer life on Capri: VESTAL FIRE (1927), & EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN (1928)
Free online via Project MUSE
9/10
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/930909
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #Queer #QueerLit #QueerHistory #JMBarrie #ComptonMackenzie
“The tartan comedy […] belies the fact that Mackenzie was deeply politicised”
Prof Alan Riach compares the lives, politics, & wildly varied & prolific careers of 2 major 20th-century Scottish writers: Compton Mackenzie & Naomi Mitchison
4/4
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #politics #NaomiMitchison #ComptonMackenzie
Queer Nostalgia & Island Time in JM Barrie & Compton Mackenzie
SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW 16/1 (2024)
Dr Timothy C. Baker on JM Barrie’s MARY ROSE (1920) & Compton Mackenzie’s 2 portraits of queer life on Capri: VESTAL FIRE (1927), & EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN (1928)
Free online via Project MUSE
3/4
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/article/930909
#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #Queer #QueerLit #QueerHistory #JMBarrie #ComptonMackenzie
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