The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521189365 ISBN 13: 9780521189361

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

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. A chronology and guides to further reading make this an ideal overview of a national literature that continues to develop its own distinctive style.

About the Author:

Gerard Carruthers is Professor of Scottish Literature Since 1700 at the University of Glasgow.

Liam McIlvanney is Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0521189365
• ISBN 13: 9780521189361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 341
• Editor: Carruthers Gerard, McIlvanney Liam