kailyard school.
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Kailyard school — noun A late 19c to early 20c group of Scottish writers of sentimental stories (one of whom, Ian Maclaren, used the title Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, 1894, in allusion to the Jacobite song ‘There grows a bonnie brier bush in our kailyard’) • • • … Useful english dictionary
Kailyard school — The Kailyard school of Scottish fiction came into being at the end of the nineteenth century as a reaction against what was seen as increasingly coarse writing representing Scottish life complete with all its blemishes. It has been seen as being… … Wikipedia
Kailyard school — ▪ Scottish literature late 19th century movement in Scottish (Scottish literature) fiction characterized by a sentimental idealization of humble village life. Its name derives from the Scottish “kail yard,” a small cabbage patch usually… … Universalium
kailyard school. — kailyarder, n. kailyardism, n. See kaleyard school … Useful english dictionary
kailyard — var. of KALEYARD. * * * I. ˈkā(ə)lˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Scots, from kale, kail + English yard more at kale Scotland : kitchen garden II … Useful english dictionary
Kailyard — A late nineteenth century school of literature that pedaled a romantic view of Scottish rural life. (Kailyard is Scots for cabbage patch.) Writing in The Times of London, the Scottish Labour politician George Foulkes criticized BBC Scotland for… … Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles
Mouvement Kailyard — Le mouvement Kailyard est un mouvement de la littérature écossaise apparu à la fin du XIXe siècle en réaction au naturalisme présentant la vie écossaise sous ses aspects les plus crus. Son nom est issu du scots kailyaird ou kailyard, qui… … Wikipédia en Français
kaleyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century. Also, kailyard school. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
kaleyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century. Also, kailyard school. [1895 1900] … Useful english dictionary
The House with the Green Shutters — Infobox Book name = The House with the Green Shutters image caption = author = George Douglas (Brown) illustrator = cover artist = country = Scotland language = English genre = Realism publisher = John MacQueen, London release date = 1901 media… … Wikipedia
