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The E-BNR aims to build a comprehensive & unique cross-artform guide to
the British neo-Romantic tradition,
from 1880 to the present day.
While the British Romantics of 1789-1824 have spawned a vast industry of
publishers, conferences & tourism, the later neo-Romantic traditions
remain largely neglected. The E-BNR is aimed at bringing this hidden
tradition to light.
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WHAT IS NEO-ROMANTICISM ?
Neo-Romantic artists have drawn their inspiration
from artists of the age of Romanticism or earlier.
Characteristic themes in their work include a
mystical approach to the British landscape...
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ENTRY: Brown, George Mackay.
George Mackay Brown (b. 1921 - d. 1996) was a Scottish poet,
author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character.
Born in Stromness in the Orkney Islands, Mackay Brown is considered one of the
great Scottish poets of the 20th century. From his youth, he was affected by
tuberculosis. Apart from a spell as a mature student in Edinburgh,
including a period at Newbattle Abbey College when Edwin Muir was warden,
he spent most of his life in his native islands.
From his home he gained most of his inspiration, in poems, stories and novels
which ranged through time. He drew on the Icelandic Orkneyinga Saga, especially
in his novel Magnus.
He was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1994, for his Beside the Ocean of Time.
His autobiography, For the Islands I Sing, was published shortly after
his death. His Collected Poems were published in 2005.
A biography George Mackay Brown: The Life by Maggie Fergusson was published in 2006.
Composer Peter Maxwell Davies collaborated with Mackay Brown for many of his Orkney-inspired works.
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