Edinburgh companion to twentieth-century Scottish literature

Edinburgh companion to twentieth-century Scottish literature /

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 t...

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Other Authors: Brown, Ian, 1945 February 28- (Editor), Riach, Alan, 1957- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009.
Series:Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Scottish literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Scottish literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
English literature > Scottish authors > History and criticism.
Scottish literature > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Mystery & Detective.
English literature > Scottish authors
Scottish literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Ian Brown and Alan Riach
  • Arcades : the turning of the nineteenth century / Cairns Craig
  • Scotland, empire and apocalypse from Stevenson to Buchan / Murray Pittock
  • Literature and World War One / Trevor Royle
  • Arcades : the 1920s and 1930s / Alan Riach
  • Twentieth-century Scottish drama / Donald Smith and Ksenija Horvat
  • The modern Scottish literary renaissance / Roderick Watson
  • Scottish literature and World War Two / Douglas Gifford
  • Arcades : the 1940s and 1950s / Moira Burgess
  • The poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and W.S. Graham / John Corbett
  • Post-war Scottish fiction : Mac Colla, Linklater, Jenkins, Spark and Kennaway / Bernard Sellin
  • Arcades : the 1960s and 1970s / Ian Brown and Colin Nicholson
  • The (b)order in modern Scottish Literature / Carla Sassi
  • The seven poets generation / Robyn Marsack
  • Language and identity in modern Gaelic verse / Michelle Macleod
  • Arcades : the 1980s and 1990s / Michael Gardiner
  • Scottish contemporary popular and genre fiction / Marie Odile Pittin-Hédon
  • Poetry in the age of Morgan / Alan Riach
  • Entering the twenty-first century / Ian Brown.

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