Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature: Comparative Texts and Critical Perspectives - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748637745 ISBN 13 : 9780748637744

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The first full-length study of Scottish literature using a post-devolutionary understanding of postcolonial studies Using a comparative model and spanning over two hundred years of literary history from the 18th Century to the contemporary, this collection of 19 new essays by some of the leading figures in the field presents a range of perspectives on Scottish and postcolonial writing. The essays explore Scotland's position on both sides of the colonial divide and also its role as instigator of a devolutionary process with potential consequences for British Imperialism. Key Features * Includes discussion of Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Kelman and Alasdair Gray as well as Scottish writing in Gaelic * Considers the insights offered by the work of Alice Munro, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Franz Fanon and Edward Said * Looks at Scottish writing in Gaelic and other non-Anglophone postcolonial literatures alongside postcolonial literatures in English

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael Gardiner is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. As well as creative fiction and comparative cultural history and world literature, his books include The Cultural Roots of British Devolution (EUP, 2004), Modern Scottish Culture (2005), and From Trocchi to Trainspotting; Scottish Literary Theory Since 1960 (2006). Graeme MacDonald is a Lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a co-editor of Post-Theory: New Directions in Criticism (Edinburgh University Press, 1999). Niall O'Gallagher is Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Celtic at the University of Glasgow. He is currently preparing a book on Alasdair Gray and Empire: Scottish Literature and the Challenges of Postcolonial Theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748637745
• ISBN 13: 9780748637744
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Gardiner Michael, Macdonald Graeme, O'Gallagher Niall
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible