Studies in Scottish Literature, founded in 1963, was the first international refereed scholarly journal in its field, and this new volume reflects both the growth and range of current interests that Scottish literary studies now include. Contributors come from the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, as well as Scotland, and elsewhere in the U.K. Like previous recent volumes, SSL 40 opens with a symposium of invited contributions, followed by sections of full-length articles, original documents, and reviews. This volume's symposium is titled "Creative Writing, the Academy, and the...

This volume opens with an international symposium on "Cultural Nationalism in Scottish Literary Studies: the View from Elsewhere," with contributors from Italy, Germany, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, and a response from the Scottish scholar Andrew Hook. The volume includes eleven full-length essays on literature from the medieval period to the early 21st century (including two substantial essays on Burns's politics); three illustrated shorter notes; and a review on Scotland and the Caribbean. Studies in Scottish Literature, founded in 1963, was the first refereed journal in...