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The Cambridge companion to Scottish literature

Carruthers, Gerard, editor of compilation, McIlvanney, Liam, editor of compilation

Overview

\"Scotland's rich literary tradition is a product of its unique culture and landscape, as well as of its long history of inclusion and resistance to the United Kingdom. Scottish literature includes masterpieces in three languages - English, Scots and Gaelic - and global perspectives from the diaspora of Scots all over the world. This Companion offers a unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period to the post-devolution present. Essays focus on key periods and movements (the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish Romanticism, the Scottish Renaissance), genres (the historical novel, Scottish Gothic, 'Tartan Noir') and major authors (Burns, Scott, Stevenson, MacDiarmid and Spark). A chronology and guides to further reading in each chapter make this an ideal overview of a national literature that continues to develop its own distinctive style\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: English literature Scottish authors History and criticism. / Scottish literature History and criticism. / LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. / Scotland In literature.
• ISBN: 9780521762410, 0521762413, 9780521189361, 0521189365

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR8511.C36 2012	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE