The hero building : an architecture of Scottish national identity / by Rodger, John, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…The Hero Building -- Prototype : Hume and Glenfinnan Monuments -- Romantic Poet -- Enlightenment Poet : Early Burns Monuments -- Athens of the North/Valhalla of the West : Calton Hill in Edinburgh -- Wizard of the North : The Scott Monument -- Baronial Revival and the National Wallace Monument -- National Poet -- Poet of Humanity : Late Burns Monuments -- Aberration, Autism and Vanity : Hamilton Mausoleum and the McCaig Tower -- The Fallen : The Scottish National War Memorial -- A Post Modern Proof : Glasgow Developments -- Afterlife.…”
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