Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 55.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
03.07.2009
Herausgeber
Ian Brown + weitereVerlag
Edinburgh University PressSeitenzahl
272
Maße (L/B/H)
23.6/15.6/1.7 cm
Gewicht
412 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7486-3694-5
Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature Series Editors: Ian Brown & Thomas Owen Clancy This series offers new insights into Scottish authors, periods and topics drawing on contemporary critical approaches. Each volume: * provides a critical evaluation and comprehensive overview of its subject * offers thought-provoking original critical assessments by expert contributors * includes a general introduction by the volume editor(s) and a selected guide to further reading. The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature Edited by Ian Brown & Alan Riach 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. The volume's innovative thematic structure ensures that the most important texts or authors are seen from different perspectives whether in the context of empire, renaissance, war and post-war, literary genre and language. These thematic chapters are complemented by chronological 'Arcade' chapters, which outline the contexts of the literature of the period by decades. Taken together, the chapters provide a thorough and thought-provoking account of the century's literature. Key Features * The first volume of its kind to offer accessible and authoritative insights into Scottish literature since 1900 * Innovative structure allows for new ways of approaching Scottish writers and literary texts * Draws on the most recent scholarship in the field from leading literary critics * Includes a guide to further reading Ian Brown is a freelance scholar and arts and education consultant. Alan Riach holds the Chair of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University.
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