Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of Illustrations v
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Dedication xiv
6. Part 1 Editorial Apparatus
7. Chapter 1 “Forging a Friendship” 3
8. Chapter 2 “Cultural Nationalism – Politics and Poetry” 20
9. Chapter 3 “Modern Makars” 48
10. Chapter 4 “Epistolary Discourse and the Legacy of the Letters” 75
11. Part 2 The Letters
12. A Note on the Sources 109
13. Source Abbreviations 113
14. A Note on the Text and Transcription 114
15. The Letters 117
16. References 250
17. Appendix A “Scots steel tempered wi’ Irish fire”:1 An Interview with Sorley MacLean Edinburgh, 18 July 1986 277
18. Appendix B Review of MacDiarmid’s translation of The Birlinn of Clanranald as published in The Times Literary Supplement 4 January 1936 293
19. Index 295