Read more
Informationen zum Autor Ian Brown is Emeritus Professor in Drama at Kingston University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (EUP: 2007) and widely published on aspects of theatre and literature. He is also a playwright and poet. Alan Riach holds the Chair of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He is the General Editor of the Collected Works of Hugh MacDiarmid and the author of Representing Scotland in Literature, Popular Culture and Iconography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 1991). His fifth book of poems, Homecoming (Luath Press) will be published in 2009. Klappentext Edinburgh Companions to Scottish LiteratureSeries Editors: Ian Brown & Thomas Owen ClancyThis 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 LiteratureEdited by Ian Brown & Alan RiachThis 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 readingIan Brown is a freelance scholar and arts and education consultant. Alan Riach holds the Chair of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. Zusammenfassung This volume considers the major themes! texts and authors of Scottish literature of the twentieth and! so far! twenty-first century. Moving beyond traditional classifications! it draws on the most recent critical approaches to open up new perspectives on Scottish literature since 1900. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface; 1 Introduction, Ian Brown and Alan Riach; 2 Arcades - The Turning of the Nineteenth Century, Cairns Craig; 3 Scotland, Empire and Apocalypse from Stevenson to Buchan, Murray Pittock; 4 Literature and World War One, Trevor Royle; 5 Arcades - The 1920s and 1930s, Alan Riach; 6 Twentieth-century Scottish Drama, Donald Smith and Ksenija Horvat; 7 The Modern Scottish Literary Renaissance, Roderick Watson; 8 Scottish Literature and World War Two, Douglas Gifford; 9 Arcades - The 1940s and 1950s, Moira Burgess; 10 The Poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and W. S. Graham, John Corbett; 11 Post-war Scottish Fiction - Mac Colla, Linklater, Jenkins, Spark and Kennaway, Bernard Sellin; 12 Arcades - The 1960s and 1970s, Ian Brown and Colin Nicholson; 13 The (B)order in Modern Scottish Literature, Carla Sassi; 14 The Seven Poets Generation, Robyn Marsack; 15 Language and Identity in Modern Gaelic Verse, Michelle Macleod; 16 Arcades - The 1980s and 1990s, Michael Gardiner; 17 Scottish Contemporary Popular and Genre Fiction, Mari...
