List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Scottish Colonial Literature, 1603-1707; 2. Shifting Paradigms: Nova Scotia and 'New' Scotland; 2.1 When is Utopia? A 'New' Scotland at Home and Abroad; 2.2 What is Utopia? Framing the Early Stuart Empire; 2.3 Where is Utopia? Nova Scotia and the Virginia Company; 2.4 Whose Utopia?; 3. Scotland's Atlantic Visions, 1660-1691; 3.1 Scottish Drama and the Atlantic; 3.2 Atlantic Visions: Law, Order and Land; 3.3 Internal and External Colonialisms; 3.4 Religion, Slavery and the Paradox of Freedom; 4. Darien, the Golden Dream; 4.1 Literary Darien, 1707-2010; 4.2 'Golden' Darien; 4.3 Colonial Myths; 5. Conclusion: Failure and Scottish Colonialism; Works Cited; Index.