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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes and the Amateur Emigrant
Av Robert Louis Stevenson, Christopher MacLachlan
Häftad, 2004
129 kr
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In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on a journey through the Cevennes with a donkey, Modestine, and a …
Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, Catriona and Treasure Island
(Scotnotes Study Guides)
Häftad, 2006
118 kr
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Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the most important and influential writers of the modern era, admired and emulated by authors across the world from the 19th century to the present day. He also wrote some of the most original stories, creating iconic characters who have moved beyond the page to …
Crossing the Highland Line
Cross-Currents in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Literature
Häftad, 2009
344 kr
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The eighteenth century was a time of dramatic change and drastic upheaval in Scotland, from the Treaty of Union with England in 1707, through Jacobite rebellions in the Highlands, to the Scottish Enlightenment. This was the century when Scottish writing exploded across the globe, from Hume and …
Rethinking George MacDonald
Contexts and Contemporaries
Av Christopher MacLachlan, John Patrick Pazdziora m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
344 kr
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George MacDonald (1824 - 1905) is the acknowledged forefather of later fantasy writers such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien: however, his place in his own time is seldom examined. This omission does MacDonald a grave disservice. By ignoring a fundamental aspect of what made MacDonald the man he …
Gael and Lowlander in Scottish Literature
Cross-Currents in Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century
Av Christopher MacLachlan, Ronald W. Renton
Häftad, 2015
344 kr
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The nineteenth century saw the romanticisation of the Highlander, the rise of tartanry and the emergence of the modern Scottish tourist industry. It also witnessed the worst excesses of the Clearances and the beginnings of an exodus from the Highlands to the industrial cities and to the colonies. …
John Buchan : Witch Wood, Huntingtower & The Thirty-nine Steps
(Scotnotes Study Guides)
Häftad, 1998
116 kr
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John Buchan was a prolific author, and can be fairly called the father of the modern thriller genre. Enduringly popular, many of his books have never been out of print: and yet serious critics have had little to say about him, although contemporary writers such as Graham Greene were appreciative of …
