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Pointed Roofs, by Dorothy Richardson (2014)
Book
. (2014). Thomson, T. & Ross, S. (Eds.). Pointed Roofs, by Dorothy Richardson. (Broadview Press). . . ISBN 9781551117997.

The first chapter-volume of Dorothy Richardson’s thirteen-volume novel series
Pilgrimage, Pointed Roofs is a coming of age story. The protagonist is Miriam Henderson, seventeen years old. Pointed Roofs tells the tale of Miriam’s first adventure as a... Read More about Pointed Roofs, by Dorothy Richardson.

'Hauntings of Celticism': Fionn Mac Colla and the Myth of History (2014)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2014). 'Hauntings of Celticism': Fionn Mac Colla and the Myth of History. Literature and History, 23(2), 51-66. https://doi.org/10.7227/LH.23.2.4

Fionn Mac Colla’s ideas of history can be characterised as postcolonial in their critique of historical determinism, Cartesian dualism and Whig progressivism. He utilises his theories, which encompass the psychological implications for individuals an... Read More about 'Hauntings of Celticism': Fionn Mac Colla and the Myth of History.

‘Music horrible and unreal’: music, its language, and First World War fiction (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2014, August). ‘Music horrible and unreal’: music, its language, and First World War fiction. Paper presented at The Music of War: 1914–1918, British Library, London

Narratives about the First World War often claimed that the physical experience of warfare was incommunicable to those who had not fought. Indeed, in the decade after the war much paper and ink was devoted to this aporia. In this paper I argue that... Read More about ‘Music horrible and unreal’: music, its language, and First World War fiction.

Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2014, August). Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. Paper presented at Becoming Scotland

In 'On the Melancholic Imaginary' Julia Kristeva notes that epochs of crisis are especially prone to black humour and melancholy: "In times of crisis... melancholy imposes itself, lays down its archaeology, produces its representations and its knowle... Read More about Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin..

The Aggregation of Political Rhetoric in Zeitoun (2014)
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2014). The Aggregation of Political Rhetoric in Zeitoun. Comparative American Studies, 12(3), 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1179/1477570014Z.00000000081

While the initial literary and cultural response to 9/11 consisted mostly of domestic narratives of trauma and mourning that avoided explicit political discourse, narrative representations of Hurricane Katrina, from the beginning, have been highly po... Read More about The Aggregation of Political Rhetoric in Zeitoun.

Aldington, a disillusioned poet (2014)
Other
Frayn, A. (2014). Aldington, a disillusioned poet. [Programme]

Programme article for 'The War', Chekhov International Theatre Festival / SounDrama Studio, Edinburgh International Festival, 2014.

James Kelman and Liz Lochhead (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2014, July). James Kelman and Liz Lochhead. Presented at University of Edinburgh International Summer School, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

No abstract available.

Cartographies of the Great War: Mapping Post-War Fiction (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2014, July). Cartographies of the Great War: Mapping Post-War Fiction. Paper presented at Alternate Spaces of the Great War, Plymouth University

Invited talk to the AHRC-funded network Alternate Spaces of the Great War.

This paper engages with the spaces of the Great War, particularly the Western Front, as spaces of modernity. The starting point is a quotation from Richard Aldington’s Dea... Read More about Cartographies of the Great War: Mapping Post-War Fiction.

‘O Cursed Spite: On Ethics and Time’ (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neill, C. (2014, January). ‘O Cursed Spite: On Ethics and Time’. Paper presented at Symposium Depsychologizing / Deneurologizing Modern Subjectivity, Ghent

‘That ancient self’: Scottish Modernism’s Counter-Renaissance (2014)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2014). ‘That ancient self’: Scottish Modernism’s Counter-Renaissance. European Journal of English Studies, 18(1), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2014.881106

This essay argues that the twentieth-century movement of literary and cultural revival known as the Scottish Renaissance was, like the Irish Revival lead by W.B. Yeats, a counter-Renaissance against the anti-national ideals of the Renaissance; it was... Read More about ‘That ancient self’: Scottish Modernism’s Counter-Renaissance.

poem:Mariam (2014)
Journal Article
Fraser, B. (2014). poem:Mariam. Café Dissensus,

A poem on public execution.

Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'. (2013)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2013). Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'. In J. Weinstock (Ed.), The Ashgate Encyclopaedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Publishing

From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters thr... Read More about Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'..

The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. (2013)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2013). The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. In C. McCracken-Flesher (Ed.), Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (96-103). The Modern Languages Association

An essay on how Stevenson fits into the genre of detection and science fiction literature.

Comic: The Whistleblower [Fantomen 10-11/2013] (2013)
Other
Bishop, D. (2013). Comic: The Whistleblower [Fantomen 10-11/2013]

A comic written for publisher Egmont, illustrated by artist Alex Saviuk. Originally published in Swedish, it was reprinted in English by Frew Comics in Australia.

'Always Sea and Sea': The Night Land as Sea-scape (2013)
Journal Article
Alder, E. (2013). 'Always Sea and Sea': The Night Land as Sea-scape. Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies, 1(1), 89-101

Biographical accounts of William Hope Hodgson naturally tend to focus on two main features of his career before he became a full-time writer: sailing and physical culture (Everts). Both provide useful contexts for reading Hodgson’s fiction. In some e... Read More about 'Always Sea and Sea': The Night Land as Sea-scape.

Translating Modernism: The Scottish Renaissance Movement and German-language Modernism (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2013, December). Translating Modernism: The Scottish Renaissance Movement and German-language Modernism. Paper presented at World-literatures, Discrepant Transnationalisms: Beyond Region and Nation?, Stuttgart, Germany

The Scottish Renaissance Movement of the 1920-30s was a response to what many literary artists of the period saw as Scotland’s provincialisation within the United Kingdom and the British Empire. Hugh MacDiarmid, arguably the main protagonist of the m... Read More about Translating Modernism: The Scottish Renaissance Movement and German-language Modernism.