n.
A group of Scottish writers, including J.M. Barrie, who made considerable use of Scots dialect in their sentimental and romantic works about Scottish life.
[Scots kailyard, kitchen garden : kail, kale (from Middle English kal; see kale) + YARD2.]
Kailyard School
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Kail·yard School (kāl'yärd') 
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The Kailyard school of Scottish fiction was developed about the 1890s as a reaction against what was seen as increasingly coarse writing representing Scottish life complete with all its blemishes. It has been considered as being an overly sentimental representation of rural life, cleansed of real problems and issues that affected the people. Its name derives from the Scots "kailyaird" or "kailyard", which means a small cabbage patch (see kale) or kitchen garden, usually adjacent to a cottage.
Writers of the Kailyard school included J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan), "Ian Maclaren", J.J. Bell, George MacDonald and S. R. Crockett.
The Scottish Renaissance was a reaction against Kailyardism.
See also
External link
- Kailyard School (1886-1896), The Literary Encyclopedia
- Scots Word of the Season: Kailyard, Maggie Scott, Lecturer in English Language, University of Salford, published in The Bottle Imp ezine by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies.
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