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The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature
Engelsk Paperback
The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature
Engelsk Paperback

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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,
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
432
ISBN-13:
9780748623969
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0748623965
Udg. Dato:
15 maj 2007
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
173mm
Højde:
243mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
15 maj 2007
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