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Cencrastus
was a magazine devoted to Scottish and international
literature
,
arts
and affairs, founded after the
Referendum of 1979
by students, mainly of
Scottish literature
at
Edinburgh University
, and with support from
Cairns Craig
, then a lecturer in the English Department, with the express intention of perpetuating the devolution debate.
[1]
[2]
It was published three times a year. Its founders were Christine Bold, John Burns,
Bill Findlay
, Sheila G. Hearn, Glen Murray and Raymond J. Ross.
[3]
Editors included Glen Murray (1981?1982), Sheila G. Hearn (1982?1984), Geoff Parker (1984?1986) and Cairns Craig (1987). Raymond Ross was publisher and editor of the magazine for nearly 20 years (1987?2006). Latterly the magazine was published with the help of a grant from the
Scottish Arts Council
. It ceased publication in 2006.
[2]
Contributors included
Christopher Harvie
,
[4]
Duncan Macmillan
,
[5]
Stephen Maxwell
,
[6]
Brian Holton
,
[7]
Craig Beveridge,
[8]
Ronald Turnbull,
[9]
Colin McArthur,
[10]
Randall Stevenson,
[11]
Glenda Norquay,
[12]
Jim Gilchrist,
[13]
Freddie Anderson
[14]
and
Fred Johnston
[15]
Cencrastus
is one of the cultural and political magazines researched by the Scottish Magazines Network.
[16]
References
[
edit
]
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Gunn, Linda and McCleery, Alistair (2009),
Wasps in a Jam Jar: Scottish literary magazines and political culture 1979?99
, in A. McNair, & J. Ryder (eds.),
Further from the Frontiers: Crosscurrents in Irish and Scottish Studies
, Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies,
University of Aberdeen
,
ISBN
978-1-906108-06-9
- ^
a
b
David Finkelstein; Alistair McCleery (2007).
The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Professionalism and diversity 1880-2000
. Edinburgh University Press. p. 258.
ISBN
978-0-7486-1829-3
. Retrieved
14 February
2016
.
- ^
Cencrastus
No. 1, Autumn 1979, p. 1,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Harvie, Christopher (1982),
Beyond Bairns' Play: A New Agenda for Scottish Politics
, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 10, Autumn 1982, pp. 11?14,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Macmillan, Duncan (1979),
The Tradition of Painting in Scotland
, in
Cencrastus
No. 1, Autumn 1979, pp. 36?38,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Maxwell, Stephen (1989),
Scotland International
, in Ross, Raymond J. (ed),
Cencrastus
No. 35, Winter 1989, pp. 15?18,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Holton, Brian (1981),
Men o the Moss Flow
: extract from a novel by
Shi Naian
edited by Jiu Shengtan translated from the
Chinese
into
Scots
, in Murray, Glen (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 7, Winter 1981-82, pp. 2?5,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Beveridge, Craig (1981),
A Case of Hardened Political Arteries: Scottish Political Culture
, in Murray, Glen (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 5, Summer 1981, pp. 14?15,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Beveridge, Craig and Turnbull, Ronald (1982),
Inferiorism
, in Murray, Glen (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 8, Spring 1982, pp. 4?5,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
McArthur, Colin (1981),
Breaking the Signs: 'Scotch Myths' as Cultural Struggle
, in Murray, Glen (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 7, Winter 1981?82, pp. 21?25,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Stevenson, Randall (1981),
Scottish Theatre Company
: First Days, First Nights
, in Murray, Glen (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 7, Winter 1981?82, pp. 10?13,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Anderson, Carol and Norquay, Glenda (1984),
Superiorism
, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 15, pp. 8?10,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Gilchrist, Jim,
The
School of Scottish Studies
, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 12, Spring 1983, pp. 15?17,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Anderson, Freddie
(1983),
The Last of the People's Palaces
, in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 14, Autumn 1983, pp. 11?19,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
Johnston, Fred
, "The Native", in Bold, Christine (ed.),
Cencrastus
No. 6, Autumn 1981, pp. 22?23,
ISSN
0264-0856
- ^
"Scottish Magazines Network"
.
Scottish Magazines Network
.
- Records deposited in National Library of Scotland GB233/Acc.11509, Acc.10396 and Acc.12644