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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 …
Scottish and International Modernisms
Relationships and Reconfigurations
Av Emma Dymock, Margery Palmer McCulloch
Häftad, 2011
344 kr
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The twentieth-century Scottish renaissance – the literary and artistic revival which followed the end of the First World War – advanced a claim for a distinctive Scottish identity: cultural, political and national. Unlike earlier nineteenth-century Celtic revivals, this renaissance was both …
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 …
Gateway to the Modern
Resituating J. M. Barrie
Av Valentina Bold, Andrew Nash
Häftad, 2014
337 kr
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J. M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) is today known almost exclusively for one work: Peter Pan. Yet he was the most successful British playwright of the early twentieth century, and his novels were once thought equal to those of George Meredith and Thomas Hardy. Although in recent years there has been a …
Empires and Revolutions
Cunninghame Graham and His Contemporaries
Häftad, 2017
344 kr
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The European age of empires launched a process of capitalist globalisation that continues to the present day. It is also inextricably linked with the spread of revolutionary discourses (in terms of race, nation or social class): the quest for emancipation, political independence, and economic …
Land of Story-Books
Scottish Children's Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century
Av Sarah Dunnigan, Shu-Fang Lai
Häftad, 2019
331 kr
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This volume of twenty essays presents a unique insight into the world of Scottish children’s literature throughout the long nineteenth century. As well as revisiting much-loved authors such as Stevenson, Barrie, and MacDonald, it explores the neglected role of women writers in shaping the …
Crooked Dividend
Essays on Muriel Spark
Av Gerard Carruthers, Helen Stoddart
Häftad, 2022
289 kr
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This volume of fourteen essays offers fresh insight into the life and work of Muriel Spark (1918-2006), one of Scotland's most internationally celebrated writers. Known for her cultural cosmopolitanism and sharp wit, Spark was prolific as a novelist, poet, short story writer, dramatist, and …
Christianity in Scottish Literature
Häftad, 2023
289 kr
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The experiences of being Christian and living amid a culture shaped by various iterations of Christianity are long-standing concerns of Scottish literature. This volume moves through Scotland’s literary history, from the early medieval era to the twenty-first century, to explore how Christianity …
Writing Scottishness
Literature and the Shaping of Scottish National Identities
Av Ian Brown, Clarisse Godard Desmarest
Häftad, 2023
283 kr
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Scotland's sense of national identity and cultural distinctiveness has long been articulated through its literature. These fourteen essays explore literary manifestations of Scottishness and examine the political, religious and cultural complexities, as well as the cross-national transfer of ideas, …
Stevenson and Pleasure
Av Julie Gay, Lesley Graham m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
348 kr
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‘In the life of the artist there need be no hour without its pleasure’—Robert Louis StevensonThis volume explores how pleasure – sensory, intellectual, and aesthetic – influenced Robert Louis Stevenson’s work, and its reception. Engaging with a range of critical and theoretical perspectives, the …
