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Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature

Brown, Ian Riach, Alan
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780748636945
Publisert
2009-07-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Redaktør
Brown, Ian
Riach, Alan

Om bidragsyterne

Ian Brown is Emeritus Professor in Drama at Kingston University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (EUP: 2007) and widely published on aspects of theatre and literature. He is also a playwright and poet. Alan Riach holds the Chair of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of the Collected Works of Hugh MacDiarmid and the author of Representing Scotland in Literature, Popular Culture and Iconography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1991). His fifth book of poems, Homecoming (Luath Press) will be published in 2009.

Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature

Brown, Ian Riach, Alan
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
Brown, Ian Riach, Alan
Heftet / 2009 / Engelsk
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Brown and Riach... respond to T.S. Elliot's alleged 1919 quip—"Was there a Scottish Literature?"—overwhelmingly in the affirmative. Preceded by a valuable introduction, the 18 self-standing chapters, contributed mostly by established Scottish academics (e.g. Douglas Gifford, Murray Pittock, Roderick Watson, Cairns Craig, John Corbett), provide a mass of material... Useful notes and bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.

- J. Walker, Queen's University at Kingston, Choice

This welcome volume is one of the new Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature series. Written by experts in the field including Professors John Corbett, Douglas Gifford [and] Alan Riach ... This volume adds great value to the existing more general material.

- Penny Dade, Reference Reviews

This collection not only fits the bill in terms of a comprehensive, illustrative range of discussions which give the reader a deep since of Scottish writing in the twentieth century, but it also offers thought-provoking and engaging perspectives on that terrain which go beyond a mere guide and provide a set of snapshots of luring intellectual pathways. This collection not only fits the bill in terms of a comprehensive, illustrative range of discussions which give the reader a deep since of Scottish writing in the twentieth century, but it also offers thought-provoking and engaging perspectives on that terrain which go beyond a mere guide and provide a set of snapshots of luring intellectual pathways... This is a really great, resourceful and illuminating book.

- Aaron Kelly, Scottish Literary Review

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This collection not only fits the bill in terms of a comprehensive, illustrative range of discussions which give the reader a deep since of Scottish writing in the twentieth century, but it also offers thought-provoking and engaging perspectives on that terrain which go beyond a mere guide and provide a set of snapshots of luring intellectual pathways... This is a really great, resourceful and illuminating book.

- Aaron Kelly, Scottish Literary Review

This volume considers the major themes, texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and, so far, twenty-first century. It identifies the contexts and impulses that led Scottish writers to adopt their creative literary strategies. Moving beyond traditional classifications, it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900.The volume's innovative thematic structure ensures that the most important texts or authors are seen from different perspectives whether in the context of empire, renaissance, war and post-war, literary genre, generation, and resistance. In order to provide thorough coverage, these thematic chapters are complemented by chronological 'Arcade' chapters, which outline the contexts of the literature of the period by decades, and by 'Overview' chapters which trace developments across the century in theatre, language and Gaelic literature. Taken together, the chapters provide a thorough and thought-provoking account of the century's literature.Key Features*The first volume of its kind to offer accessible and authoritative insights into Scottish literature since 1900*Innovative structure allows for new ways of approaching Scottish writers and literary texts * Draws on the most recent scholarship in the field from leading literary critics* Includes a guide to further reading
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This volume considers the major themes, texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and, so far, twenty-first century. Moving beyond traditional classifications, it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900.
Les mer
Series Editors' Preface; 1 Introduction, Ian Brown and Alan Riach; 2 Arcades - The Turning of the Nineteenth Century, Cairns Craig; 3 Scotland, Empire and Apocalypse from Stevenson to Buchan, Murray Pittock; 4 Literature and World War One, Trevor Royle; 5 Arcades - The 1920s and 1930s, Alan Riach; 6 Twentieth-century Scottish Drama, Donald Smith and Ksenija Horvat; 7 The Modern Scottish Literary Renaissance, Roderick Watson; 8 Scottish Literature and World War Two, Douglas Gifford; 9 Arcades - The 1940s and 1950s, Moira Burgess; 10 The Poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and W. S. Graham, John Corbett; 11 Post-war Scottish Fiction - Mac Colla, Linklater, Jenkins, Spark and Kennaway, Bernard Sellin; 12 Arcades - The 1960s and 1970s, Ian Brown and Colin Nicholson; 13 The (B)order in Modern Scottish Literature, Carla Sassi; 14 The Seven Poets Generation, Robyn Marsack; 15 Language and Identity in Modern Gaelic Verse, Michelle Macleod; 16 Arcades - The 1980s and 1990s, Michael Gardiner; 17 Scottish Contemporary Popular and Genre Fiction, Marie Odile Pittin-Hédon; 18 Poetry in the age of Morgan, Alan Riach; 19 Entering the Twenty-first Century, Ian Brown; Endnotes; Synoptic Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index.
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Brown and Riach... respond to T.S. Elliot's alleged 1919 quip—"Was there a Scottish Literature?"—overwhelmingly in the affirmative. Preceded by a valuable introduction, the 18 self-standing chapters, contributed mostly by established Scottish academics (e.g. Douglas Gifford, Murray Pittock, Roderick Watson, Cairns Craig, John Corbett), provide a mass of material... Useful notes and bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.

- J. Walker, Queen's University at Kingston, Choice

This welcome volume is one of the new Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature series. Written by experts in the field including Professors John Corbett, Douglas Gifford [and] Alan Riach ... This volume adds great value to the existing more general material.

- Penny Dade, Reference Reviews

This collection not only fits the bill in terms of a comprehensive, illustrative range of discussions which give the reader a deep since of Scottish writing in the twentieth century, but it also offers thought-provoking and engaging perspectives on that terrain which go beyond a mere guide and provide a set of snapshots of luring intellectual pathways. This collection not only fits the bill in terms of a comprehensive, illustrative range of discussions which give the reader a deep since of Scottish writing in the twentieth century, but it also offers thought-provoking and engaging perspectives on that terrain which go beyond a mere guide and provide a set of snapshots of luring intellectual pathways... This is a really great, resourceful and illuminating book.

- Aaron Kelly, Scottish Literary Review

Se alle

This collection not only fits the bill in terms of a comprehensive, illustrative range of discussions which give the reader a deep since of Scottish writing in the twentieth century, but it also offers thought-provoking and engaging perspectives on that terrain which go beyond a mere guide and provide a set of snapshots of luring intellectual pathways... This is a really great, resourceful and illuminating book.

- Aaron Kelly, Scottish Literary Review

This volume considers the major themes, texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and, so far, twenty-first century. It identifies the contexts and impulses that led Scottish writers to adopt their creative literary strategies. Moving beyond traditional classifications, it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900.The volume's innovative thematic structure ensures that the most important texts or authors are seen from different perspectives whether in the context of empire, renaissance, war and post-war, literary genre, generation, and resistance. In order to provide thorough coverage, these thematic chapters are complemented by chronological 'Arcade' chapters, which outline the contexts of the literature of the period by decades, and by 'Overview' chapters which trace developments across the century in theatre, language and Gaelic literature. Taken together, the chapters provide a thorough and thought-provoking account of the century's literature.Key Features*The first volume of its kind to offer accessible and authoritative insights into Scottish literature since 1900*Innovative structure allows for new ways of approaching Scottish writers and literary texts * Draws on the most recent scholarship in the field from leading literary critics* Includes a guide to further reading
Les mer
This volume considers the major themes, texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and, so far, twenty-first century. Moving beyond traditional classifications, it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900.
Les mer
Series Editors' Preface; 1 Introduction, Ian Brown and Alan Riach; 2 Arcades - The Turning of the Nineteenth Century, Cairns Craig; 3 Scotland, Empire and Apocalypse from Stevenson to Buchan, Murray Pittock; 4 Literature and World War One, Trevor Royle; 5 Arcades - The 1920s and 1930s, Alan Riach; 6 Twentieth-century Scottish Drama, Donald Smith and Ksenija Horvat; 7 The Modern Scottish Literary Renaissance, Roderick Watson; 8 Scottish Literature and World War Two, Douglas Gifford; 9 Arcades - The 1940s and 1950s, Moira Burgess; 10 The Poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and W. S. Graham, John Corbett; 11 Post-war Scottish Fiction - Mac Colla, Linklater, Jenkins, Spark and Kennaway, Bernard Sellin; 12 Arcades - The 1960s and 1970s, Ian Brown and Colin Nicholson; 13 The (B)order in Modern Scottish Literature, Carla Sassi; 14 The Seven Poets Generation, Robyn Marsack; 15 Language and Identity in Modern Gaelic Verse, Michelle Macleod; 16 Arcades - The 1980s and 1990s, Michael Gardiner; 17 Scottish Contemporary Popular and Genre Fiction, Marie Odile Pittin-Hédon; 18 Poetry in the age of Morgan, Alan Riach; 19 Entering the Twenty-first Century, Ian Brown; Endnotes; Synoptic Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748636945
Publisert
2009-07-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Redaktør
Brown, Ian
Riach, Alan

Om bidragsyterne

Ian Brown is Emeritus Professor in Drama at Kingston University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (EUP: 2007) and widely published on aspects of theatre and literature. He is also a playwright and poet. Alan Riach holds the Chair of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of the Collected Works of Hugh MacDiarmid and the author of Representing Scotland in Literature, Popular Culture and Iconography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1991). His fifth book of poems, Homecoming (Luath Press) will be published in 2009.

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