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Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry and politics of place: imagining a Scottish republic (2006)
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Lyall, S. (2006). Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry and politics of place: imagining a Scottish republic. Edinburgh University Press

By examining at length for the first time those places in Scotland that inspired MacDiarmid to produce his best poetry, Scott Lyall shows how the poet’s politics evolved from his interaction with the nation, exploring how MacDiarmid discovered a hidd... Read More about Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry and politics of place: imagining a Scottish republic.

Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies Issue 3 (2006)
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Dryden, L., & Watson, R. (2006). Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies Issue 3

This is an editorial for issue 3 of the Journal of Stevenson Studies for which Linda Dryden is co-General Editor

'To Boldly Go': Heart of Darkness and popular culture. (2006)
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Dryden, L. (2006). 'To Boldly Go': Heart of Darkness and popular culture. In P. B. Armstrong (Ed.), Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (500-506). Norton Critical Edition

This is an extract of the paper published first in Conradiana and now included in the Norton anthology of essays accompanying the text of Heart of Darkness. The essays are selected on the basis of their originality and contribution to the field of Co... Read More about 'To Boldly Go': Heart of Darkness and popular culture..

City of Dreadful Night: Stevenson's Gothic London. (2006)
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Dryden, L. (2006). City of Dreadful Night: Stevenson's Gothic London. In R. Ambrosini, & R. Dury (Eds.), Robert Louis Stevenson: Writer of Boundaries (253-264). University of Wisconsin Press

The essay discusses the portrayal of late-nineteenth-century London in Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, suggesting that the city is as much of a character in the novel as the protagonists.