{"product_id":"9781860571749","title":"Hugh MacDiarmid","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for all those with an interest in contemporary Scotland, this is the first study of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978) by a political historian and provides a unique contribution to the understanding of MacDiarmid's politics.Bob Purdie's groundbreaking study outlines why MacDiarmid, the most important literary figure of twentieth-century Scotland, believed that the Scottish culture of his day was making the nation satisfied with its subordinate status within the UK, and why he strove for a self-reliant and independent European  nation.Purdie explains why MacDiarmid was a man in constant revolt, against what he viewed as a stiflingly narrow Scottish culture, against all that was provincial and philistine in Scottish society and against Scotland's dependency on England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bob Purdie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53768219033918,"sku":"9781860571749","price":835.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9781860571749.jpg?v=1781704864","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781860571749","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}