Scotland has produced poetry that is patriotic, that paints landscapes, people and situations, that speaks to personal matters, and those equally everyday matters pertaining to the mind and to the spirit. The Christian heritage of Scotland has been played
Scotland has produced poetry that is patriotic, that paints landscapes, people and situations, that speaks to personal matters, and those equally ever...
This guide combines detailed literary history with discussion of contemporary debates about Scottishness.The book considers the rise of Scottish Studies, the development of a national literature, and issues of cultural nationalism. Beginning in the medieval period during a time of nation building, the book goes on to focus on the 'Scots revival' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before moving on to discuss the literary renaissance of the twentieth century. Debates concerning Celticism and Gaelic take place alongside discussion of key Scottish writers such as William Dunbar, Robert...
This guide combines detailed literary history with discussion of contemporary debates about Scottishness.The book considers the rise of Scottish Studi...
This guide combines detailed literary history with discussion of contemporary debates about Scottishness.The book considers the rise of Scottish Studies, the development of a national literature, and issues of cultural nationalism. Beginning in the medieval period during a time of nation building, the book goes on to focus on the 'Scots revival' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before moving on to discuss the literary renaissance of the twentieth century. Debates concerning Celticism and Gaelic take place alongside discussion of key Scottish writers such as William Dunbar, Robert...
This guide combines detailed literary history with discussion of contemporary debates about Scottishness.The book considers the rise of Scottish Studi...
Scottish creative writing in the twentieth century was notable for its willingness to explore and absorb the literatures of other times and other nations. From the engagement with Russian literature of Hugh MacDiarmid and Edwin Morgan, through to the interplay with continental literary theory, Scottish writers have proved active participants in a diverse international literary practice. Scottish criticism has, arguably, often been slow in appreciating the full extent of this exchange. Preoccupied with marking out its territory, with identifying an independent and distinctive tradition,...
Scottish creative writing in the twentieth century was notable for its willingness to explore and absorb the literatures of other times and other nati...
John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, a friend and biographer of Lord Byron, and a political novelist and chronicler of Scottish life. This International Companion examines Galt's writings in the social, economic, and religious contexts of their time.
John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, a friend and biographer of Lord Byron, and a political novelist and chro...
