Scottish Literature Since 1707

ISBN-13: 9781138439924 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Marshall Walker

Opis

This study offers a critical interpretation of Scottish literature as well as an introduction to Scottish culture. It covers the Scottish enlightenment and the world of Adam Smith and David Hume, and the "Scottish Renaissance" associated with Hugh MacDiarmid.

Spis treści

1. Terms of Reference: Patriotism and Change, Scottish Identity and Tradition 2. Union and Enlightenment 3. Satire, Sentiment and Scots 4. Robert Burns, the Myth and the Gift 5. Sir Walter Scott and the Supreme Fiction 6 Calvin's Scottish Devil, the End of Rural Sleep and Practical Christianity 7. Didacts and Doomsters, Nineteenth-century Propecy and Nightmare 8. Robert Louis Stevenson and the War in the Members 9. Tragedy, Epic and Entertainment, Early Twentieth-Century Fiction 10. 'Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare?' The Return of Scottish Drama 11. Poets of the Scottish Renaisance form Hugh MacDiarmid to Edwin Morgan 12. Post-war Fiction, Realism, Violence and Magic Chronology General Bibliographies Notes on biography, major works, and criticism

O autorze

Marshall Walker