Author: Macdonald Daly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602719910
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Politics and the Scottish Language collects for the first time Macdonald Daly's many essays on literature and culture (with politics never far away).As well as the title essay, which uniquely maps choices in the literary usage of Scottish accent and dialect onto demonstrable political perspectives, it encompasses discussions of fiction by Elizabeth Gaskell, H. G. Wells, John Herdman, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Ellis Sharp. Daly's grounbdbreaking essay on Scottish poets of the First World War is also included. The work of literary critics and theorists such as Harold Bloom, Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and Fredric Jameson is critically scrutinised. The book closes with four signature essays addressing contemporary issues in which culture and politics collide, including Daly's singular analysis of the rôle of tabloid newspapers in the 1992 UK General Election.
Politics and the Scottish Language and Other Collected Essays in Literature, Culture and Politics
Author: Macdonald Daly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602719910
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Politics and the Scottish Language collects for the first time Macdonald Daly's many essays on literature and culture (with politics never far away).As well as the title essay, which uniquely maps choices in the literary usage of Scottish accent and dialect onto demonstrable political perspectives, it encompasses discussions of fiction by Elizabeth Gaskell, H. G. Wells, John Herdman, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Ellis Sharp. Daly's grounbdbreaking essay on Scottish poets of the First World War is also included. The work of literary critics and theorists such as Harold Bloom, Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and Fredric Jameson is critically scrutinised. The book closes with four signature essays addressing contemporary issues in which culture and politics collide, including Daly's singular analysis of the rôle of tabloid newspapers in the 1992 UK General Election.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602719910
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Politics and the Scottish Language collects for the first time Macdonald Daly's many essays on literature and culture (with politics never far away).As well as the title essay, which uniquely maps choices in the literary usage of Scottish accent and dialect onto demonstrable political perspectives, it encompasses discussions of fiction by Elizabeth Gaskell, H. G. Wells, John Herdman, George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Ellis Sharp. Daly's grounbdbreaking essay on Scottish poets of the First World War is also included. The work of literary critics and theorists such as Harold Bloom, Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and Fredric Jameson is critically scrutinised. The book closes with four signature essays addressing contemporary issues in which culture and politics collide, including Daly's singular analysis of the rôle of tabloid newspapers in the 1992 UK General Election.
Society, Politics and Culture
Author: Mervyn Evans James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521368773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The social, political and cultural factors determining conformity and obedience as well as dissidence and revolt are traced in sixteenth and early seventeenth century England.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521368773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The social, political and cultural factors determining conformity and obedience as well as dissidence and revolt are traced in sixteenth and early seventeenth century England.
Intending Scotland
Author: Cairns Craig
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748679332
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A major reconsideration of our understanding of the development of Scottish culture from the Enlightenment to the present day.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748679332
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A major reconsideration of our understanding of the development of Scottish culture from the Enlightenment to the present day.
Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature
Author: Berthold Schoene
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748630287
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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,
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748630287
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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,
Literary Politics of Scottish Devolution
Author: Scott Hames
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474418155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Considering an unprecedented range of literary, political and archival materials, it explores how questions of 'voice', language and identity featured in debates leading to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999"--Publisher description
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474418155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Considering an unprecedented range of literary, political and archival materials, it explores how questions of 'voice', language and identity featured in debates leading to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999"--Publisher description
The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature
Author: Gerard Carruthers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521189365
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521189365
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period.
Voice of the People
Author: Corey Gibson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474403670
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Examining Hamish Henderson's search for the radical voice of the people in modern ScotlandHow might the alienation of the artist in modern Scotland be overcome? How do you incite a popular folk revival? Can a poet truly speak with the voice of the people And what happens to the writer who rejects print culture in favour of becoming Anon.? The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk-hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life-long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post-war Europe. Though Henderson is a major figure in Scottish cultural history, his reputation is largely maintained through anecdotes and radical folk songs. This study explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. It describes how all of his works in war poetry, song collection, folklore scholarship, folksong revivalism, literary translation, and vicious public debates reflect this desire to see the artist fully reintegrated in society.Key Features:Reclaims Hamish Henderson from the marginalia of Scottish literary historyProvides a hitherto unexplored perspective on twentieth-century Scottish cultural historySituates Scottish literary and cultural debates in the broader context of intellectual and cultural developments in twentieth-century Europe and the USDirectly tackles the question of national identity in twentieth-century Scotland
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474403670
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Examining Hamish Henderson's search for the radical voice of the people in modern ScotlandHow might the alienation of the artist in modern Scotland be overcome? How do you incite a popular folk revival? Can a poet truly speak with the voice of the people And what happens to the writer who rejects print culture in favour of becoming Anon.? The life and times of polymath, scholar, author and folk-hero, Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), poses, and helps us to answer, these questions. This book examines his life-long commitment to finding a form of artistic expression suitable for post-war Europe. Though Henderson is a major figure in Scottish cultural history, his reputation is largely maintained through anecdotes and radical folk songs. This study explores his ideas in their intellectual, cultural and political contexts. It describes how all of his works in war poetry, song collection, folklore scholarship, folksong revivalism, literary translation, and vicious public debates reflect this desire to see the artist fully reintegrated in society.Key Features:Reclaims Hamish Henderson from the marginalia of Scottish literary historyProvides a hitherto unexplored perspective on twentieth-century Scottish cultural historySituates Scottish literary and cultural debates in the broader context of intellectual and cultural developments in twentieth-century Europe and the USDirectly tackles the question of national identity in twentieth-century Scotland
Sixteenth-century Scotland
Author: Julian Goodare
Publisher: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
This is a collection of essays on the political, cultural and religious history of Scotland in the era of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Publisher: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
This is a collection of essays on the political, cultural and religious history of Scotland in the era of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia
Author: Isabel De Madariaga
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317881893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This is a collection of thirteen major essays on eighteenth-century Russia by one of the most distinguished Western historians. They illustrate and explore three major themes: the development of the Russian state and Russian society, in the years when Russia was changing from a minor power on the European periphery to a major actor on the continental stage; the influence of western ideas and western thought on Russian politics and culture; and the impact of the Enlightenment on Russia. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317881893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This is a collection of thirteen major essays on eighteenth-century Russia by one of the most distinguished Western historians. They illustrate and explore three major themes: the development of the Russian state and Russian society, in the years when Russia was changing from a minor power on the European periphery to a major actor on the continental stage; the influence of western ideas and western thought on Russian politics and culture; and the impact of the Enlightenment on Russia. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally.
Scottish Literature Since 1707
Author: Marshall Walker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315505398
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Marshall Walker's lively and readable account of the highs and lows of Scottish literature from this important date to the present addresses the important themes of democracy, power and nationhood. Disposing of stereotypical ideas about Scotland and the Scots, this fresh approach to Scottish literature provides a critical interpretation of its distinctive style and presents the reader with an informative introduction to Scottish culture. Coverage includes the Scottish enlightenment and the world of Boswell and David Hulme to the 'Scottish Renaissance', associated with Hugh MacDiarmaid. Developments in the contemporary literary scene include John McGrath's theatre Company and the fiction and poetry of Alaistar Gray and Ian Crichton Smith. Particular attention is given to the work of Scottish women writers such as Lady Grizel Baillie and Liz Lochhead, who have been much neglected in previous literature.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315505398
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Marshall Walker's lively and readable account of the highs and lows of Scottish literature from this important date to the present addresses the important themes of democracy, power and nationhood. Disposing of stereotypical ideas about Scotland and the Scots, this fresh approach to Scottish literature provides a critical interpretation of its distinctive style and presents the reader with an informative introduction to Scottish culture. Coverage includes the Scottish enlightenment and the world of Boswell and David Hulme to the 'Scottish Renaissance', associated with Hugh MacDiarmaid. Developments in the contemporary literary scene include John McGrath's theatre Company and the fiction and poetry of Alaistar Gray and Ian Crichton Smith. Particular attention is given to the work of Scottish women writers such as Lady Grizel Baillie and Liz Lochhead, who have been much neglected in previous literature.