Description
| Product ID: | 9781908980397 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | ASLS Occasional Papers |
| Title: | Writing Scottishness |
| Subtitle: | Literature and the Shaping of Scottish National Identities |
| Authors: | Author: Clarisse Godard Desmarest, Ian Brown |
| Page Count: | 294 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Scotland |
| Description: | These fourteen essays explore literary manifestations of Scottishness and examine the political, religious and cultural complexities that have shaped Scottish writing and performance through the centuries. Scotland’s sense of national identity and cultural distinctiveness has long been articulated through its literature. These fourteen essays explore literary manifestations of Scottishness and examine the political, religious and cultural complexities, as well as the cross-national transfer of ideas, that have shaped Scottish writing and performance through the centuries. By analysing the works of canonical writers such as Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside sometimes marginalised figures, including Gaelic-language poets and women novelists, this volume offers a comprehensive and diverse understanding of writing Scottishness. The collection draws not only on Scottish texts but also Scottish song culture, cinematic adaptations and literary walking trails to shed new light on the nation’s negotiation of its identity through its cultural creations. |
| Imprint Name: | Scottish Literature International |
| Publisher Name: | Association for Scottish Literary Studies |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-09-04 |
