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Exploring There But For The through the lens of key existentialist concepts such as Dasein, freedom, and bad faith, the authors argue that existentialism has been overlooked in previous critical readings of the novel, but that analysing Smith's text in light of existentialist concerns such as &...

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Published inScottish literary review Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. IX - XI
Main Authors Brown, Rhona, Lyall, Scott
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Glasgow Association for Scottish Literary Studies 01.04.2023
Subjects
Literary characters
MacDiarmid, Hugh (1892-1978)
Novels
Poetry
Reception (Artistic works)
Hungary
China
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Summary:Exploring There But For The through the lens of key existentialist concepts such as Dasein, freedom, and bad faith, the authors argue that existentialism has been overlooked in previous critical readings of the novel, but that analysing Smith's text in light of existentialist concerns such as 'being-there' sheds new light on the human dilemmas embodied in the characters' choices. Patrick Scott's 'Poems Ascribed to Robert Burns (1801): Walter Scott, John Ballantyne, and "Contraband" Burns' examines a significant unauthorised volume of Burns's work by Thomas Stewart. Scott analyses a previously unknown edition of Stewart's text, revealing new information about the role of Walter Scott in the book's reissue and, by extension, in the dissemination of 'contraband' poems from Burns's 'reserved canon', including 'The Jolly Beggars' and 'The Holy Fair'.
ISSN:1756-5634
2050-6678