The Cambridge companion to Scottish literature [Texte imprimé] / edited by Gerard Carruthers and Liam McIlvanney, Monographie imprimée
Language: anglais.Country: GrandeBretagne.Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012, cop. 2012Description: 1 vol. (XLI-301 p.) ; 23 cmISBN: 978-0-521-76241-0; 0-521-76241-3; 978-0-521-18936-1; 0-521-18936-5.Series: Cambridge companions to literatureDewey: 820.9/9411, 23Abstract: "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"-- [4e de couv.].Bibliography: Notes bibliogr. Index.Subject - Topical Name: Écrivains écossais Histoire et critique | Littérature écossaise Histoire et critique Subject - Geographical Name: Écosse (GB) Dans la littérature| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Prêt normal | BU Chevreul 4ème étage : Langues | Anglais | 828.411 CAM (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0379261402 |
Notes bibliogr. Index
"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"-- [4e de couv.]
Introduction / Gerard Carruthers and Liam McIlvanney 1. Scottish literature before Scottish literature / Thomas Clancy 2. The Medieval period / Alessandra Petrina 3. Reformation and Renaissance / Sarah Dunnigan 4. The aftermath of Union / Leith Davis 5. Robert Burns / Nigel Leask 6. Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Scottish Canon : cosmopolites or narrow nationalists ? / Murray Pittock 7. Scott and the historical novel : a Scottish rise of the Novel / Ian Duncan 8. The Gaelic tradition / Peter Mackay 9. Scottish Gothic / David Punter 10. Victorian Scottish literature / Andrew Nash 11. Robert Louis Stevenson / Penny Fieldin 12. Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance / Scott Lya 13. Popular fiction : detective novels and thrillers from Holmes to Rebus / David Goldie 14. Muriel Spark / Robert Ellis Hosme, Jr 15. The Glasgow novel / Liam McIlvanney 16. "What is the language using us for ?" : Modern Scottish poetry / Fiona Stafford 17. The emergence of Scottish studies / Matthew Wickman 18. Otherworlds : devolution and the Scottish novel / Cairns Craig 19. Scottish literature in diaspora / Gerard Carruthers Index
