Evergreen, A Northern Seasonal. Spring 1895
William Sharp
Play
Length 3 h 16 min
Chapters 25
First published 1895
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
Chapters
1
Proem by William Macdonald and J. Arthur Thompson Read by Phil Benson 17:35
2
A Procession of Causes by William Macdonald Read by Phil Benson 2:14
3
Germinal, Floreal, Prairial by J. Arthur Thomson Read by Phil Benson 11:09
4
Life and its Science by Patrick Geddes Read by Phil Benson 22:39
5
Old English Spring by Hugo Laubach Read by Phil Benson 2:22
6
Lengthening Days by W. G. Burn-Murdoch Read by Phil Benson 5:05
7
Day and Night by Fiona Macleod Read by Phil Benson 0:43
8
A Carol of Youth by Hugo Laubach Read by Phil Benson 1:06
9
Ayne Playnt of Luve by Pittendrigh Macgillivray Read by Phil Benson 1:30
10
From Four Easter Letters by Anon. Read by Phil Benson 7:04
11
The Crows: A Child Poem by Gabriel Setoun Read by Phil Benson 1:50
12
My Sweetheart by Riccardo Stephens Read by Phil Benson 0:54
13
The Return by J.J. Henderson Read by Phil Benson 15:04
14
Spring in Languedoc by Dorothy Herbertson Read by Phil Benson 5:32
15
Awakenings in History by Victor V. Branford Read by Phil Benson 13:14
16
Junge Leiden: A Spring Trouble by William Macdonald Read by Phil Benson 1:13
17
La Littérature Nouvelle en France by Charles Saroléa Read by Phil Benson 16:28
18
The Bandruidh by Fiona Macleod Read by Phil Benson 2:57
19
The Anointed Man by Fiona Macleod Read by Phil Benson 11:55
20
The Norland Wind by William Sharp Read by Phil Benson 0:58
21
The Land of Lorne and the Satirists of Taynuilt by Alexander Carmichael Read by Phil Benson 11:22
22
Gledha's Wooing by John Geddie Read by Phil Benson 3:22
23
An Evening in June by Gabriel Setoun Read by Phil Benson 14:05
24
Northern Springtime by A. J. Herbertson Read by Phil Benson 5:04
25
The Scots Renascence by Patrick Geddes Read by Phil Benson 20:58
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