'A mind restless seeking': Sorley MacLean's historical research and the poet as historian.

Hugh Cheape

'A mind restless seeking': Sorley MacLean's historical research and the poet as historian.

Hugh Cheape

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI

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The success and reputation of Sorley MacLean as international poet has tended to obscure (or displace) his lifelong research in the history and traditions of the Hebrides. This paper builds on the widening disciplinarity of historical studeis to remind ourselves how vitally important the poet has been as historian.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ainmeil thar Cheudan.
Subtitle of host publication	Presentations to the 2011 Sorley MacLean Conference.
Editors	Ronald W Renton, Ian MacDonald
Place of Publication	Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach
Publisher	Clò Ostaig
Pages	121-134
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9562615-4-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Event	Sorley Maclean Conference - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Slèite, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, United Kingdom Duration: 15 Jun 2011 → 18 Jun 2011

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Conference	Sorley Maclean Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Period	15/06/11 → 18/06/11

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historian
oral tradition
memory
identity

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