Scottish literature since 1707
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Scottish literature since 1707
（Longman literature in English series）
Longman, 1996
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Bibliography: p. [383]-395
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: ppr ISBN 9780582028920
Description
Marshall Walker's lively and readable account of the highs and lows of Scottish literature from this important date to the present addresses the important themes of democracy, power and nationhood. Disposing of stereotypical ideas about Scotland and the Scots, this fresh approach to Scottish literature provides a critical interpretation of its distinctive style and presents the reader with an informative introduction to Scottish culture. Coverage includes the Scottish enlightenment and the world of Boswell and David Hulme to the 'Scottish Renaissance', associated with Hugh MacDiarmaid.
Developments in the contemporary literary scene include John McGrath's theatre Company and the fiction and poetry of Alaistar Gray and Ian Crichton Smith. Particular attention is given to the work of Scottish women writers such as Lady Grizel Baillie and Liz Lochhead, who have been much neglected in previous literature.
Table of Contents
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
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: csd ISBN 9780582028937
Description
Great Britain was formed by the union of the Scottish and English parliaments, and this event provided a new beginning for Scotland and Scottish literature. 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. Developments in the contemporary literary scene include John McGrath's Scottish 7:84 Theatre Company, the poetry of Sorley MacLean, Iain Crichton Smith, Norman MacCaig, Edwin Morgan and Tom Leonard, and the fiction of Alasdair Gray, James Kelman and Iain Banks. Particular attention is paid to the work of Scottish women writers from Jane Elliott and Joanna Baille to Margaret Oliphant and Janice Galloway.
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