Scottish Gothic : an Edinburgh companion / edited by Carol Margaret Davison and Monica Germanà.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davison, Carol Margaret, editor.

Germanà, Monica, editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Series:

Edinburgh companions to the gothic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--Scotland--History and criticism.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English.

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

Scottish fiction.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 248 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Interrogates the Gothic in relation to Scotland, 'Scottishness', British Gothic, cultural and national boundaries, and issues of identity, Written from various critical standpoints by internationally renowned scholars, Scottish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion interrogates the ways in which the concepts of the Gothic and Scotland have intersected and been manipulated from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. This interdisciplinary collection is the first ever published study to investigate the multifarious stands of Gothic in Scottish fiction, poetry, theatre and film. Its contributors - all specialists in theft fields - combine an attention to socio-historical and cultural contexts with a rigorous close reading of works both classic and lesser known, produced between the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries. Key Features, Offers the first critical collection devoted to the topic of the Scottish Gothic as it is manifested across centuries, Re-ignites ongoing debates about the relationship between Scotland and the Gothic, Scotland and Romanticism, Scotland and the Enlightenment, and the role of the Gothic in relation to national identity issues, Considers issues of religion, politics, history and culture/cultural identity in Scottish Gothic texts across centuries against the backdrop of the Act of Union and the process of devolution/independence, Presents fresh readings of established, overlooked and recent Scottish Gothic works across a variety of cultural and literary forms Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Borderlands of Identity and the Aesthetics of Disjunctive: An Introduction to Scottish Gothic / Carol Margaret Davison Davison, Carol Margaret, Monica Germanà Germanà, Monica 1

2 'The Celtic Century' and the Genesis of Scottish Gothic / Nick Groom Groom, Nick 14

3 The Politics and Poetics of the 'Scottish Gothic' from Ossian to Otranto and Beyond / Carol Margaret Davison Davison, Carol Margaret 28

4 Robert Burns and the Scottish Bawdy Politic / Hamish Mathison Mathison, Hamish 42

5 Scottish Gothic Drama / Barbara A. E. Bell Bell, Barbara A. E. 59

6 Scottish Gothic Poetry / Alan Riach Riach, Alan 75

7 Calvinist and Covenanter Gothic / Alison Milbank Milbank, Alison 89

8 Gothic Scott / Fiona Robertson Robertson, Fiona 102

9 Gothic Hogg / Scott Brewster Brewster, Scott 115

10 'The Singular Wrought Out into the Strange and Mystical': Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine and the Transformation of Terror / Robert Morrison Morrison, Robert 129

11 Gothic Stevenson / Roderick Watson Watson, Roderick 142

12 J. M. Barrie's Gothic: Ghosts, Fairy Tales and Lost Children / Sarah Dunnigan Dunnigan, Sarah 155

13 The 'nouveau frisson': Muriel Spark's Gothic Fiction / Gerard Carruthers Carruthers, Gerard 168

14 Scottish Gothic and the Moving Image: A Talc of Two Traditions / Duncan Petrie Petrie, Duncan 181

15 New Frankensteins; or, the Body Politic / Timothy C. Baker Baker, Timothy C. 195

16 Queer Scottish Gothic / Kate Turner Turner, Kate 208

17 Authorship, 'Ghost-filled' Islands and the Haunting Feminine: Contemporary Scottish Female Gothic / Monica Germanà Germanà, Monica 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474408202

1474408206

Publisher Number:

40027070261

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