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The Evergreen, A Northern Seasonal. Spring 1895

Gelesen von Phil Benson

The Evergreen was a short lived seasonal magazine, edited by William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) and published by Patrick Geddes, which proposed a nature-based Celtic renaissance as an alternative to late 19th century Decadence. In contrast to the Romantics, the Celtic revivalists advocated urban renewal, rather than a return to nature, an idea that would be developed in Patrick Geddes' later and more well-known work on town planning. The first volume of The Evergreen is an eclectic collection of short fiction, poetry, literary criticism, philosophy and visual art on the theme of spring. - Summary by Phil Benson (3 hr 16 min)

Chapters

Proem by William Macdonald and J. Arthur Thompson

17:35

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A Procession of Causes by William Macdonald

2:14

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Germinal, Floreal, Prairial by J. Arthur Thomson

11:09

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Life and its Science by Patrick Geddes

22:39

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Old English Spring by Hugo Laubach

2:22

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Lengthening Days by W. G. Burn-Murdoch

5:05

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Day and Night by Fiona Macleod

0:43

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A Carol of Youth by Hugo Laubach

1:06

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Ayne Playnt of Luve by Pittendrigh Macgillivray

1:30

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From Four Easter Letters by Anon.

7:04

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The Crows: A Child Poem by Gabriel Setoun

1:50

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My Sweetheart by Riccardo Stephens

0:54

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The Return by J.J. Henderson

15:04

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Spring in Languedoc by Dorothy Herbertson

5:32

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Awakenings in History by Victor V. Branford

13:14

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Junge Leiden: A Spring Trouble by William Macdonald

1:13

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La Littérature Nouvelle en France by Charles Saroléa

16:28

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The Bandruidh by Fiona Macleod

2:57

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The Anointed Man by Fiona Macleod

11:55

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The Norland Wind by William Sharp

0:58

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The Land of Lorne and the Satirists of Taynuilt by Alexander Carmichael

11:22

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Gledha's Wooing by John Geddie

3:22

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An Evening in June by Gabriel Setoun

14:05

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Northern Springtime by A. J. Herbertson

5:04

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The Scots Renascence by Patrick Geddes

20:58

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