Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bell, Eleanor, 1973-
2. Miller, Gavin, 1971-

Description

1. 287 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "The collection will be of interest to teachers and students of Scottish and English literature, literary theory, cultural and media analysis, and the history of ideas."--Jacket

Series statement

1. Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 1

Uniform title

1. Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 1.

Subject

1. Scottish literature > History and criticism > Congresses
2. Taalkunde
3. Letterkunde
4. Cultuur
5. Scotland > In literature > Congresses

Genre/Form

1. Conference papers and proceedings
2. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Introduction / Gavin Miller and Eleanor Bell -- Break-up: Twenty-five years on / Tom Nairn -- Nairn's nationalisms / Ronald Turnbull -- The case of the postmodernist's sore thumb, or the moral sentiments of John Rebus / Christopher Harvie -- Phrasing Scotland and the postmodern / A.J.P. Thomson -- Postmodernism, nationalism and the question of tradition / Eleanor Bell -- "Almost afraid to know itself": Macbeth and cinematic Scotland / Willy Maley and Sarah Neely -- Dislocating the nation: political devolution and cultural identity on stage and screen / Ellen-Raïssa Jackson -- Nervous men, mobile nation: masculinity and psychopathology in Irvine Welsh's Filth and Glue / Berthold Schoene -- Queer readings, gay texts: from Redgauntlet to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Christopher Whyte -- The muted Scotswoman and Oliphant's Kirsteen / Anne McManus Scriven -- Scottish fighting men: big and wee / Kasia Boddy -- "Persuade without convincing ... represent without reasoning": the inferiorist mythology of the Scots language / Gavin Miller -- Philosophy, tradition, nation / Laurence Nicoll -- The existence of Scotland / Thomas Docherty -- Beyond reason- Hume, Seth, Macmurray and Scotland's postmodernity / Cairns Craig.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Conference proceedings.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain