Righteousness of Life

Heidelinde Pruger

ISBN 10: 3631333560 / ISBN 13: 9783631333563

Published by Peter Lang GmbH, DE, 1998

About this Item

Rather than emphasizing William Soutar's role as a major protagonist of the Scottish Renaissance - a role which has gained greater recognition in recent years -, the author, in this study of William Soutar's life and work, has chosen to listen to the voice of a great visionary searching for meaning and wholeness in a disunited and unstable world. Taking Soutar's philosophy of the Righteousness of Life as a starting point, she traces his reflections on creative writing, death, religion, pacifism and other related spheres and establishes fully, for the first time, the width of this Scottish writer's philosophic range. By drawing upon the treasure of Soutar's private papers, she reveals a facet of his work which glows with the intense presence of his observations on concerns that are still fundamental for our understanding of modern society and politics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Righteousness of Life
• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, DE
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631333560
• ISBN 13: 9783631333563
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 14.81W x 1.14H x 21.01D centimeters 14.81 centimeters width by 1.14 centimeters height by 21.01 centimeters depth
• Weight: 290 grams

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Synopsis

Rather than emphasizing William Soutar's role as a major protagonist of the Scottish Renaissance - a role which has gained greater recognition in recent years -, the author, in this study of William Soutar's life and work, has chosen to listen to the voice of a great visionary searching for meaning and wholeness in a disunited and unstable world. Taking Soutar's philosophy of the Righteousness of Life as a starting point, she traces his reflections on creative writing, death, religion, pacifism and other related spheres and establishes fully, for the first time, the width of this Scottish writer's philosophic range. By drawing upon the treasure of Soutar's private papers, she reveals a facet of his work which glows with the intense presence of his observations on concerns that are still fundamental for our understanding of modern society and politics.

About the Author

The Author: Heidelinde Prüger, who is currently working on her Ph.D. at the University of Klagenfurt, has specialized in the fields of Scottish and Austrian literature. Born in 1973, she graduated with an M.A. from Klagenfurt and has additionally studied and carried out research at the universities of Vienna and Edinburgh. Further areas of interest include minority groups and dialect varieties. Heidelinde is also a poet and has translated William Soutar's Seeds in the Wind from Scots into Viennese.