Contemporary Scottish women writers / edited by Aileen Christianson and Alison Lumsden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lumsden, Alison.

Christianson, Aileen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Scottish fiction.

Scottish fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

Scottish poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.

Scottish poetry.

English fiction--Scottish authors--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--Scottish authors.

Scottish poetry--Women authors.

Women authors.

Physical Description:

iv, 186 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2000]

Summary:

This collection of essays, by both new and established critics, provides stimulating readings of many of the Scottish women writers working in Scots and English today. While in the growing field of Scottish women's writing it is impossible to be all encompassing, these essays cover a wide range from the most established, Muriel Spark, to newer writers such as Laura Hird. It includes new readings of Janice Galloway and A. L. Kennedy and examines the work of poets such as Carol Ann Duffy and Kate Clanchy, dramatists such as Sharman Macdonald and Sue Glover as well as writers, including Jackie Kay, who cross genre boundaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-179) and index.

ISBN:

0748609792

OCLC:

47831644