Community in Modern Scottish Literature

Abstract

Community in Modern Scottish Literature is the first book to examine representations and theories of community in Scottish writing of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries across a broad range of authors and from various conceptual perspectives. The leading scholars in the field examine work in the novel, poetry, and drama, by key Scottish authors such as MacDiarmid, Kelman, and Galloway, as well as less well known writers. This includes postmodern and postcolonial readings, analysis of writing by gay and Gaelic authors, alongside theorists of community such as Nancy, Bauman, Delanty, Cohen, Blanchot, and Anderson. This book will unsettle and yet broaden traditional conceptions of community in Scotland and Scottish literature, suggesting a more plural idea of what community might be.

Citation

Lyall, S. (Ed.). (2016). Community in Modern Scottish Literature. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Deposit Date: May 20, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: May 20, 2016
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature
• Series Number: 25
• Book Title: Community in Modern Scottish Literature.
• Chapter Number: N/A
• ISBN: 9789004317444
• Keywords: Literature; cultural studies; Scottish literature; myth; community
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10244
• Publisher URL: https://brill.com/view/title/33179