Scottish Literature Since 1707

Name: Scottish Literature Since 1707
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ISBN: 9780582028937

ISBN-10: 0582028930

ISBN-13: 9780582028937

Edition: 1st 1997

Authors: Marshall Walker

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Walker presents an account of the highs and lows of Scottish literature from the formation of Great Britain to the present day. In addressing themes of democracy, power and nationhood, he provides an informative introduction to Scottish culture.

Book details

List price: $70.00
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 3/26/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 8.78" wide x 5.67" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Editors' Preface


Longman Literature in English Series


Author's Preface


Acknowledgements



Terms of Reference: Patriotism and Change; Scottish Identity and Tradition



Union and Enlightenment



Satire, Sentiment and Scots



Robert Burns: the Myth and the Gift



Sir Walter Scott and the Supreme Fiction



Calvin's Scottish Devil, the End of Rural Sleep and Practical Christianity



Didacts and Doomsters: Nineteenth-Century Prophecy, Fantasy and Nightmare



Robert Louis Stevenson and the War in the Members



Tragedy, Epic and Entertainment: Early Twentieth-Century Fiction



'Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare?' The Return of Scottish Drama



Poets of the Scottish Renaissance from Hugh MacDiarmid to Edwin Morgan



Post-war Fiction: Realism, Violence and Magic


Chronology


General Bibliographies


Individual Authors


Index