Littoral Impressionism in The Wreck of the Archangel by George Mackay Brown

Abstract: George Mackay Brown’s poetic renderings of northern archipelagic world have never been considered in the context techniques literary Impressionism as deployed to attain aesthetic effect reader engagement. It is possible view author’s mature collection poetry The Wreck Archangel composed on principle littoral that expands Joseph Conrad’s idea art expressed Preface Nigger “Narcissus”. This article will examine ecosophy community emerges from his major principles used give experience seatangled multiperspectivity. unique lyrical-narrative insights into multiplicity qualia and ecopoetic focus result particular phenomenological immediacy. Adopting such perspective Orkney author might be an important point for reassessment position history Scottish British literature.