Scottish Renaissance

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The Scottish Renaissance was a 20th-century cultural movement in Scotland that revitalized national literature, arts, and identity through modernist experimentation and renewed use of the Scots language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic movement
cultural movement
literary movement
aimedTo reassert Scottish national identity
revitalize Scottish arts
revitalize Scottish national literature
associatedWith Scottish Home Rule movement
Scottish literary magazines
Scottish nationalism
characterizedBy interest in Scottish Gaelic culture
modernist experimentation
renewed use of Scots language
country Scotland
field cultural criticism
drama
literature
music
poetry
visual arts
followedBy post-war Scottish literature
hasEffectOn modern Scottish identity
status of Scots language in literature
hasPart Scottish artistic renaissance
Scottish literary renaissance
influencedBy Celtic Revival
European modernism
Irish Literary Revival
Scottish Enlightenment
languageUsed English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
mainRegion Scotland
movement modernism
notableFigure Alexander Moffat
Catherine Carswell
Compton Mackenzie
Edwin Muir
Fionn MacColla
Hugh MacDiarmid
James Bridie
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Nan Shepherd
Neil M. Gunn
Sorley MacLean
Willa Muir
William Johnstone
William Soutar
peakActivity 1920s
1930s
period interwar period
startTime early 20th century

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The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy period Scottish Renaissance
Hugh MacDiarmid movement Scottish Renaissance
Hugh MacDiarmid movement Scottish literary renaissance
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
William Dunbar associatedWith Scottish Renaissance
Edzell Castle architecturalStyle Scottish Renaissance
Scottish literature associatedMovement Scottish Renaissance
Scottish literature associatedMovement Scottish literary revival
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
William Elphinstone era Scottish Renaissance
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle movement Scottish Renaissance
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle associatedWith Scottish literary revival
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Penny Wheep hasCulturalContext Scottish Renaissance
Penny Wheep associatedMovement Scottish Renaissance
To Circumjack Cencrastus literaryMovement Scottish Renaissance
To Circumjack Cencrastus influencedBy Scottish Renaissance movement
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Lament for the Makaris literaryPeriod Scottish Renaissance
The Goldyn Targe literaryPeriod Scottish Renaissance
The Bannatyne Manuscript associatedWith Scottish Renaissance
Sangschaw literaryMovement Scottish Renaissance
Sangschaw literaryMovement Scottish literary renaissance
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Sangschaw movementContext Scottish modernism
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Sangschaw centralTo Scottish literary renaissance
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Scottish Renaissance hasPart Scottish literary renaissance
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Scottish Renaissance hasPart Scottish artistic renaissance
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
The Tea-Table Miscellany associatedWith Scottish song revival
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
Christopher Murray Grieve movement Scottish Renaissance
Christopher Murray Grieve movement Scottish literary renaissance
linked to: Scottish Renaissance
British folk revival hasPart Scottish folk revival
linked to: Scottish Renaissance