Overview

The nineteenth century has been regarded as an era of decline for Scottish literature. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION shows that it was instead a transformational period. Through a lively and extensive publishing community, widely varied Scottish writers found expression. New voices and genres flourished. Alongside cultural giants such as Scott and Stevenson, women, working-class, immigrant, and emigrant authors – writing in English, Gaelic, and Scots – propelled Scotland onto the international literary stage. From Shetland to Tasmania, from Celtic Twilight to science fiction, this volume explores the many modes of Scottish expression that emerged from this complex and fertile age.

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Author:   Sheila M. Kidd ,  Caroline McCracken-Flesher ,  Kenneth McNeil
Publisher:   Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Imprint:   Scottish Literature International
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.461kg
ISBN:  

9781908980359

ISBN 10:   1908980354
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   19 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Strangeness of Centuries (Sheila M. Kidd, Caroline McCracken-Flesher, and Kenneth McNeil) PART 1: EXPERIMENTS 1. Gaelic Poets and New Patterns of Patronage (Ruairidh Maciver) 2. Inspiring Songs: The Rise of Ballad Culture (Valentina Bold) 3. The Novel: Romance and History (Pam Perkins) 4. Slavery, Kinship, and Capital (Michael Morris) 5. Private Thoughts and Public Display: Gender, Genre, and Lives (Susan Oliver) 6. The Gothic, Supernatural, and Religious (Samuel Baker) 7. Drama and Adaptation (Barbara Bell) 8. The Short Story to 1832 (Thomas C. Richardson) PART 2: CONSOLIDATIONS 9. Diaries and Letters (Paul Barnaby) 10. Public Education, Science, and Metaphor (Cairns Craig) 11. Religion and Popular Literature in Scotland: The Literary Imagination as Inspiration (Alison Jack) 12. Social Comment (Regina Hewitt) 13. 'Urban Folk': Scottish Victorian Adaptations and Transmutations of Earlier Verse Traditions (C. M. Jackson-Houlston) 14. Gaelic Literature of the Diaspora (Sheila M. Kidd) 15. David Pae, the Newspaper Novel, and the Imagined Community of North Britain (Graham Law) 16. Industrial-Strength Fiction: Margaret Oliphant and James Grant (Joanne Wilkes) 17. Scottish Travel Writing (Jennifer Hayward) 18. Travel Writing about the Highlands in the Nineteenth Century (Nigel Leask) PART 3: EXPANSIONS 19. City Songs (Kirstie Blair) 20. Gaelic Political Poetry 1870-1900 (Priscilla Scott) 21. The Kailyard Novelists (Andrew Nash) 22. The International Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (Lesley Graham) 23. Celticists and Anthropologists (Michael Shaw) 24. Science and Speculation (Julia Reid) 25. Scotland's New Women (Juliet Shields) Endnotes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index

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