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Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature

2007-04-11 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2007-04-11
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Book Synopsis Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature by : Berthold Schoene

Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature written by Berthold Schoene. This book was released on 2007-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature examines the ways in which the cultural and political role of Scottish writing has changed since the country's successful referendum on national self-rule in 1997. In doing so, it makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. Introducing over forty original essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume covers the entire spectrum of current interests and topical concerns in the field of Scottish studies and heralds a new era in Scottish writing, literary criticism and cultural theory. It records and critically outlines prominent literary trends and developments, the specific political circumstances and aesthetic agendas that propel them, as well as literature's capacity for envisioning new and alternative futures. Issues under discussion include class, sexuality and gender, nationhood and globalisation, the New Europe and cosmopolitan citizenship, postcoloniality,

Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry

2009-07-03 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2009-07-03
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Book Synopsis Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry by : Matt McGuire

Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry written by Matt McGuire. This book was released on 2009-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last three decades have seen unprecedented flourishing of creativity across the Scottish literary landscape, so that contemporary Scottish poetry constitutes an internationally renowned, award-winning body of work. At the heart of this has been the work of poets. As this poetry makes space for its own innovative concerns, it renegotiates the poetic inheritance of preceding generations. At the same time, Scottish poetry continues to be animated by writing from other places. The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Poetry is the definitive guide to this flourishing poetic scene. Its chapters examine Scottish poetry in all three of the nation's languages. It analyses many thematic preoccupations: tradition and innovation; revolutions in gender; the importance of place; the aesthetic politics of devolution. These chapters are complemented by extended close readings of the work of key poets that have defined this era, including Edwin Morgan, Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, Aonghas MacNeacail and John Burnside.

Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh

2010-07-05 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2010-07-05
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh by : Berthold Schoene

Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh written by Berthold Schoene. This book was released on 2010-07-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subcultural enfant terrible of devolutionary protest and rebellion, Irvine Welsh is now widely acknowledged as the founding father of a whole new tradition in post-devolution Scottish writing. The unprecedented worldwide success of Trainspotting, magnified by Danny Boyle's iconic film adaptation, revolutionised Scottish culture and radically remoulded the country's self-image from dreamy romantic hinterland to agitated metropolitan hotbed. Though Welsh's career is very much an ongoing phenomenon, his influence on contemporary Scottish literary history is already quite indisputable and enduring.

Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures

2013-08-20 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2013-08-20
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Book Synopsis Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures by : Sarah Dunnigan

Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures written by Sarah Dunnigan. This book was released on 2013-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores the historical importance and imaginative richness of Scotland's extensive contribution to modes of traditional culture and expression: ballads, tales and storytelling, and song. Its underlying aim is to bring about a more dynamic and inclusive understanding of Scottish culture. Rooted in literary history and both comparative and interdisciplinary in scope, the volume covers the key aspects and genres of traditional literature, including the Gaelic tradition, from the medieval period to the present. Key theoretical and conceptual issues raised by the historical analysis of Scotland's rich store of ballad, song, and folk narrative are discussed in separate chapters. The volume also explores why and how Scottish literary writers have been inspired by traditional genres, modes, and motifs, and the intermingling of folk and literary traditions in writers such as Burns, Scott, and Hogg. It also uncovers the folkloric and mythopoetic materials of early Scottish literature, and the vitality of neglected aspects of Scottish popular culture.

Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott

2012-09-25 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2012-09-25
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Book Synopsis Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott by : Fiona Robertson

Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott written by Fiona Robertson. This book was released on 2012-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive collection devoted to the work of Sir Walter Scott, drawing on the innovative research and scholarship which have revitalised the study of the whole range of his exceptionally diverse writing in recent years.

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