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Cairns Craig

January 01, 1970

Robert Cairns Craig OBE FRSE FBA (born 16 February 1949) is a Scottish literary scholar, specialising in Scottish and modernist literature. He has been Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen since 2005. Before that, he taught at the University of Edinburgh, serving as head of the English literature department from 1997 to 2003.[1][2] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2005.[3]

Cairns Craig
OBE FRSE FBA
Born
Robert Cairns Craig

(1949-02-16) 16 February 1949 (age 75)
NationalityScottish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
ThesisW.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot and the Associationist Aesthetic (1978)
Academic work
DisciplineLiterature
Institutions
Main interests

Work edit

He was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1978 for his thesis W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot and the Associationist Aesthetic.[4]

He has published on authors including W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Iain Banks.[5]

His 1984 book on Yeats, Eliot, and Pound was described by Seamus Deane as lacking a little clarity, panache and focus, but offering an "engrossing" exploration of the relationship between modernism and reactionary politics, which he links via memory, and particularly Archibald Alison's theory of associationism; Deane called it "a complicated story, illustrated by Craig with such well-chosen and well-timed quotations that it is difficult to resist."[5]

In 1991 he wrote "Rooms without a view", an influential article attacking "heritage film".[6]

The Modern Scottish Novel: Narrative and the National Imagination (1999) brought a "modern, inclusive, skeptical intelligence" to the question of Scottish literature.[7]

He was general editor of the four-volume series History of Scottish Literature (published 1987-89).

He has also been involved as editor or publisher with magazines including Cencrastus, Edinburgh Review and Radical Scotland.

Publications edit

  • The Body in the Kit Bag: History and the Scottish Novel, in Cencrastus No. 1, Autumn 1979, pp. 18 – 22, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Fearful Selves: Character, Community and the Scottish Imagination, in Cencrastus No. 4, Winter 1980-81, pp. 29 – 32, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Going Down to Hell is Easy: Alasdair Gray's 'Lanark', in Glen Murray (ed.), Cencrastus No. 6, Autumn 1981, pp. 19 - 21, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Yeats, Eliot, Pound and the Politics of Poetry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982), ISBN 9781138999343[5]
  • Peripheries, in Cencrastus No. 9, Summer 1982, pp. 3 - 5, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Giving Speech to the Silent, which reviews Continuous: 50 Sonnets from The School of Eloquence by Tony Harrison and From the Domain of Arnheim by Alastair Fowler, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 10, Autumn 1982, pp. 43 & 44, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Visitors from the Stars: Scottish Film Culture, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 11, New Year 1983, pp. 6 - 11, ISSN 0264-0856
  • An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 13, Summer 1983, pp. 29 - 31, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Lourd on My Hert, which reviews Chapman 35/36: The State of Scotland - A Predicament for the Scottish Writer?, edited by Joy Hendry; Scotland: The Broken Image by Norman Allan; The State of Scotland: A Poem, by Duncan Glen; and Europa's Lover, by Douglas Dunn, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 15, New Year 1984, pp. 54 & 55, ISSN 0264-0856
  • George Orwell and the English Ideology (Part 1), in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 16, Spring 1984, pp. 12 - 17, ISSN 0264-0856
  • George Orwell and the English Ideology (Part 2), in Parker, Geoff (ed.), Cencrastus No. 17, Summer 1984, pp. 10 - 15, ISSN 0264-0856
  • Nation and History, in Parker, Geoff (ed.), Cencrastus No. 19, Winter 1984, pp. 13 - 16, ISSN 0264-0856
  • General editor, History of Scottish Literature (1987–89)
  • Out of History: Narrative Paradigms in Scottish and English Culture (Polygon,1996), ISBN 9780748660827
  • The Modern Scottish Novel: Narrative and the National Imagination (Edinburgh UP, 1999)
  • Iain Banks's Complicity: A Reader's Guide (Continuum, 2002)
  • Associationism and the Literary Imagination: From the Phantasmal Chaos (2007)
  • Intending Scotland: Explorations in Scottish Culture since the Enlightenment (Edinburgh UP, 2009).[8]
  • The Wealth of the Nation: Scotland, Culture and Independence (Edinburgh UP, 2018), ISBN 978-1-4744-3558-1

Awards edit

Reviews edit

  • Morgan, Edwin (1983), The Politics of Poetry: review of Yeats, Eliot, Pound and the Politics of Poetry, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), Cencrastus No. 12, Spring 1983, p. 44, ISSN 0264-0856

References edit

  1. ^ . University of Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ 'CRAIG, Prof. R. Cairns', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 10 Sept 2017
  3. ^ "Craig, Prof. R. Cairns", Who's Who (Oxford University Press, 2017). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ R.C., Craig (1978). "W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot and the associationist aesthetic". hdl:1842/17127. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ a b c Deane, Seamus (18 October 1984). "Yeats and the Occult". London Review of Books. 6 (19): 27.
  6. ^ Richards, Jeffrey (5 July 2002). "Smart-asses fail to see past gentility". Times Higher Education.
  7. ^ Carruthers, Gerard (2001). "The Modern Scottish Novel: Narrative and the National Imagination by CAIRNS CRAIG". Studies in the Novel. 33 (3): 369–371.
  8. ^ Jessop, Ralph (September 2010). "Cairns Craig, Intending Scotland: Explorations in Scottish Culture since the Enlightenment, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. 280pp, £60 hb" (PDF). Journal of Scottish Philosophy. 8 (2): 225. doi:10.3366/jsp.2010.0011. ISBN 9780748637133.
  9. ^ (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  10. ^ . British Academy. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Queen recognises education sector in honours list". The Guardian. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

External links edit

  • Cairns Craig's Aberdeen University Page

January 01, 1970
cairns, craig, robert, frse, born, february, 1949, scottish, literary, scholar, specialising, scottish, modernist, literature, been, glucksman, professor, irish, scottish, studies, university, aberdeen, since, 2005, before, that, taught, university, edinburgh,. Robert Cairns Craig OBE FRSE FBA born 16 February 1949 is a Scottish literary scholar specialising in Scottish and modernist literature He has been Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen since 2005 Before that he taught at the University of Edinburgh serving as head of the English literature department from 1997 to 2003 1 2 He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2005 3 Cairns CraigOBE FRSE FBABornRobert Cairns Craig 1949 02 16 16 February 1949 age 75 NationalityScottishAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of EdinburghThesisW B Yeats T S Eliot and the Associationist Aesthetic 1978 Academic workDisciplineLiteratureInstitutionsUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of AberdeenMain interestsModernist literatureScottish literature Contents 1 Work 2 Publications 3 Awards 4 Reviews 5 References 6 External linksWork editHe was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1978 for his thesis W B Yeats T S Eliot and the Associationist Aesthetic 4 He has published on authors including W B Yeats T S Eliot Ezra Pound and Iain Banks 5 His 1984 book on Yeats Eliot and Pound was described by Seamus Deane as lacking a little clarity panache and focus but offering an engrossing exploration of the relationship between modernism and reactionary politics which he links via memory and particularly Archibald Alison s theory of associationism Deane called it a complicated story illustrated by Craig with such well chosen and well timed quotations that it is difficult to resist 5 In 1991 he wrote Rooms without a view an influential article attacking heritage film 6 The Modern Scottish Novel Narrative and the National Imagination 1999 brought a modern inclusive skeptical intelligence to the question of Scottish literature 7 He was general editor of the four volume series History of Scottish Literature published 1987 89 He has also been involved as editor or publisher with magazines including Cencrastus Edinburgh Review and Radical Scotland Publications editThe Body in the Kit Bag History and the Scottish Novel in Cencrastus No 1 Autumn 1979 pp 18 22 ISSN 0264 0856 Fearful Selves Character Community and the Scottish Imagination in Cencrastus No 4 Winter 1980 81 pp 29 32 ISSN 0264 0856 Going Down to Hell is Easy Alasdair Gray s Lanark in Glen Murray ed Cencrastus No 6 Autumn 1981 pp 19 21 ISSN 0264 0856 Yeats Eliot Pound and the Politics of Poetry University of Pittsburgh Press 1982 ISBN 9781138999343 5 Peripheries in Cencrastus No 9 Summer 1982 pp 3 5 ISSN 0264 0856 Giving Speech to the Silent which reviews Continuous 50 Sonnets from The School of Eloquence by Tony Harrison and From the Domain of Arnheim by Alastair Fowler in Hearn Sheila G ed Cencrastus No 10 Autumn 1982 pp 43 amp 44 ISSN 0264 0856 Visitors from the Stars Scottish Film Culture in Hearn Sheila G ed Cencrastus No 11 New Year 1983 pp 6 11 ISSN 0264 0856 An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut in Hearn Sheila G ed Cencrastus No 13 Summer 1983 pp 29 31 ISSN 0264 0856 Lourd on My Hert which reviews Chapman 35 36 The State of Scotland A Predicament for the Scottish Writer edited by Joy Hendry Scotland The Broken Image by Norman Allan The State of Scotland A Poem by Duncan Glen and Europa s Lover by Douglas Dunn in Hearn Sheila G ed Cencrastus No 15 New Year 1984 pp 54 amp 55 ISSN 0264 0856 George Orwell and the English Ideology Part 1 in Hearn Sheila G ed Cencrastus No 16 Spring 1984 pp 12 17 ISSN 0264 0856 George Orwell and the English Ideology Part 2 in Parker Geoff ed Cencrastus No 17 Summer 1984 pp 10 15 ISSN 0264 0856 Nation and History in Parker Geoff ed Cencrastus No 19 Winter 1984 pp 13 16 ISSN 0264 0856 General editor History of Scottish Literature 1987 89 Out of History Narrative Paradigms in Scottish and English Culture Polygon 1996 ISBN 9780748660827 The Modern Scottish Novel Narrative and the National Imagination Edinburgh UP 1999 Iain Banks s Complicity A Reader s Guide Continuum 2002 Associationism and the Literary Imagination From the Phantasmal Chaos 2007 Intending Scotland Explorations in Scottish Culture since the Enlightenment Edinburgh UP 2009 8 The Wealth of the Nation Scotland Culture and Independence Edinburgh UP 2018 ISBN 978 1 4744 3558 1Awards edit2003 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE 9 2005 Fellow of the British Academy FBA 10 2007 Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 11 Reviews editMorgan Edwin 1983 The Politics of Poetry review of Yeats Eliot Pound and the Politics of Poetry in Hearn Sheila G ed Cencrastus No 12 Spring 1983 p 44 ISSN 0264 0856References edit Cairns Craig University of Aberdeen Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 18 February 2014 CRAIG Prof R Cairns Who s Who 2017 A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc 2017 online edn Oxford University Press 2016 online edn Nov 2016 accessed 10 Sept 2017 Craig Prof R Cairns Who s Who Oxford University Press 2017 Retrieved 1 July 2018 R C Craig 1978 W B Yeats T S Eliot and the associationist aesthetic hdl 1842 17127 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b c Deane Seamus 18 October 1984 Yeats and the Occult London Review of Books 6 19 27 Richards Jeffrey 5 July 2002 Smart asses fail to see past gentility Times Higher Education Carruthers Gerard 2001 The Modern Scottish Novel Narrative and the National Imagination by CAIRNS CRAIG Studies in the Novel 33 3 369 371 Jessop Ralph September 2010 Cairns Craig Intending Scotland Explorations in Scottish Culture since the Enlightenment Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2009 280pp 60 hb PDF Journal of Scottish Philosophy 8 2 225 doi 10 3366 jsp 2010 0011 ISBN 9780748637133 Royal Society of Edinburgh Directory PDF The Royal Society of Edinburgh p 104 Archived from the original PDF on 2 March 2014 Retrieved 29 April 2015 British Academy Fellows Cairns Craig British Academy Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 18 February 2014 Queen recognises education sector in honours list The Guardian 16 June 2007 Retrieved 1 December 2018 External links editCairns Craig s Aberdeen University Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cairns Craig amp oldid 1216428321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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