The Kailyard school is a proposed literary movement of Scottish fiction; kailyard works were published and were most popular roughly from 1880–1914. The term originated from literary critics who mostly disparaged the works said to be within the school; it was not a term of self-identification used by authors alleged to be within it. According to these critics, kailyard literature depicted an idealised version of rural Scottish life, and was typically unchallenging and sentimental.
The 1894 work Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush is the archetypical example: a hugely popular bestseller depicting rural Scottish life
The "Kailyard school" was first given that name in an article published April 1895 in the New Review[1] by J.H. Millar, though its editor William Ernest Henley was heavily implicated to have created the term.[2] The term was meant as a criticism that a certain group of Scottish authors offered an overly sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life,[3] but it was potentially more a gripe against the popularity of the authors.[4] The name derives from the Scots "kailyaird" or "kailyard", which means a small cabbage patch (see Kale) or kitchen garden, usually adjacent to a cottage;[5] but more famously from Ian Maclaren's 1894 book Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush whose title alludes to the Jacobite song "There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kailyard".[6]
Works such as Barrie's Auld Licht Idylls (1888), A Window in Thrums (1889), and The Little Minister (1891); and Crockett's The Stickit Minister (1893) considered examples of the so called 'school'.[7]
Criticism came from certain branches of the English literary establishment including T. W. H. Crosland and from fellow Scots such as George Douglas Brown who aimed his 1901 novel The House with the Green Shutters explicitly against what he called "the sentimental slop"[8] of the Kailyard school. Much of Hugh MacDiarmid's work, and the Scottish Renaissance associated with him, was a reaction against Kailyardism.[9][10] Ian Carter has argued that the Kailyard school reflects a sentimental structure of feeling which has deep roots in Scottish literature and can be found in the works of Burns and Scott, and that the work of William Alexander and later Scottish Renaissance writers such as Lewis Grassic Gibbon can be seen as the assertion of a democratic structure of feeling which is in tension with it.[11]
SkepticismEdit
Scottish literary criticism right up till the 1980s used the term. Since then, critics such as Andrew Nash have argued that it was a social construct rather than an actual literary movement.[12]
References in literatureEdit
John Ashbery references the school in his book of poems, April Galleons, his protagonist lamenting mildly that "nobody I know ever talks about the Kailyard School, at least not at the dinner parties I go to".[13]
Further readingEdit
Blake, George (1951), Barrie and the Kailyard School, Arthur Barker, London, ASIN B0000CHWNQ
Campbell, Ian (1981), Kailyard: A New Assessment, Ramsay Head Press, ISBN0-902859-67-6
Carter, Ian R. (1982), review of "Kailyard" by Ian Campbell, in Cencrastus No. 8, Spring 1982, p. 42, ISSN 0264-0856
Harvie, Christopher (1982), Drumtochty Revisited: The Kailyard, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed.), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 27, August 1982, pp. 4 – 11, ISSN 0140-0894
Nash, Andrew (2007), Kailyard and Scottish Literature, Brill/Rodopi, ISBN9789042022034
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The Kailyard school is a proposed literary movement of Scottish fiction kailyard works were published and were most popular roughly from 1880 1914 The term originated from literary critics who mostly disparaged the works said to be within the school it was not a term of self identification used by authors alleged to be within it According to these critics kailyard literature depicted an idealised version of rural Scottish life and was typically unchallenging and sentimental The 1894 work Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush is the archetypical example a hugely popular bestseller depicting rural Scottish life Contents 1 Origin and etymology 2 Writers and works 3 Skepticism 4 References in literature 5 Further reading 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksOrigin and etymology EditThe Kailyard school was first given that name in an article published April 1895 in the New Review 1 by J H Millar though its editor William Ernest Henley was heavily implicated to have created the term 2 The term was meant as a criticism that a certain group of Scottish authors offered an overly sentimental and idyllic representation of rural life 3 but it was potentially more a gripe against the popularity of the authors 4 The name derives from the Scots kailyaird or kailyard which means a small cabbage patch see Kale or kitchen garden usually adjacent to a cottage 5 but more famously from Ian Maclaren s 1894 book Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush whose title alludes to the Jacobite song There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kailyard 6 Writers and works EditWriters who have been linked to the Kailyard school included J M Barrie Ian Maclaren J J Bell George MacDonald Gabriel Setoun Robina F Hardy and S R Crockett Works such as Barrie s Auld Licht Idylls 1888 A Window in Thrums 1889 and The Little Minister 1891 and Crockett s The Stickit Minister 1893 considered examples of the so called school 7 Criticism came from certain branches of the English literary establishment including T W H Crosland and from fellow Scots such as George Douglas Brown who aimed his 1901 novel The House with the Green Shutters explicitly against what he called the sentimental slop 8 of the Kailyard school Much of Hugh MacDiarmid s work and the Scottish Renaissance associated with him was a reaction against Kailyardism 9 10 Ian Carter has argued that the Kailyard school reflects a sentimental structure of feeling which has deep roots in Scottish literature and can be found in the works of Burns and Scott and that the work of William Alexander and later Scottish Renaissance writers such as Lewis Grassic Gibbon can be seen as the assertion of a democratic structure of feeling which is in tension with it 11 Skepticism EditScottish literary criticism right up till the 1980s used the term Since then critics such as Andrew Nash have argued that it was a social construct rather than an actual literary movement 12 References in literature EditJohn Ashbery references the school in his book of poems April Galleons his protagonist lamenting mildly that nobody I know ever talks about the Kailyard School at least not at the dinner parties I go to 13 Further reading EditBlake George 1951 Barrie and the Kailyard School Arthur Barker London ASIN B0000CHWNQ Campbell Ian 1981 Kailyard A New Assessment Ramsay Head Press ISBN 0 902859 67 6 Carter Ian R 1982 review of Kailyard by Ian Campbell in Cencrastus No 8 Spring 1982 p 42 ISSN 0264 0856 Harvie Christopher 1982 Drumtochty Revisited The Kailyard in Lindsay Maurice ed The Scottish Review Arts and Environment 27 August 1982 pp 4 11 ISSN 0140 0894 Nash Andrew 2007 Kailyard and Scottish Literature Brill Rodopi ISBN 9789042022034See also EditCulture of Scotland Tartanry Tom Nairn William Robertson NicollReferences Edit Millar J H 1895 The Literature of the Kailyard The New Review Donaldson Islay Murray 2016 The Life and Work of S R Crockett Ayton Publishing p 94 ISBN 9781910601143 D Daiches ed The Penguin Companion to Literature 1 1971 p 288 I Ousby ed The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English 1995 p 503 Cuddon J A 1977 A Dictionary of Literary Terms London Andre Deutsch p 343 Macdonald A M ed 1972 Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary Edinburgh Chambers p 716 D Daiches ed The Penguin Companion to Literature 1 1971 p 288 and p 126 D Daiches ed The Penguin Companion to Literature 1 1971 p 157 Andrew Nash Kailyard and Scottish Literature 2007 p 15 Campbell Ian 1981 Kailyard A New Assessment The Ramsay Head Press Edinburgh Carter Ian R 1982 review of Kailyard A New Assessment by Ian Campbell in Cencrastus No 2 Spring 1982 p 42 ISSN 0264 0856 Nash Andrew 2007 Kailyard and Scottish Literature Rodopi John Ashbery Notes from the Air 2007 p 27External links EditKailyard School 1886 1896 The Literary Encyclopedia Scots Word of the Season Kailyard Maggie Scott Lecturer in English Language University of Salford published in The Bottle Imp ezine by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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