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George Mackay Brown and the philosophy of community / Timothy C. Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Timothy C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, George Mackay--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brown, George Mackay.
- Communities in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book Timothy C. Baker situates George Mackay Brown's work within a broad literary and philosophical context to articulate how his novels engage with the question of community.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Problems of Community in the Scottish Novel; Chapter 1 The Fictive Community: Greenvoe; Chapter 2 Sainthood-towards-Death: Magnus; Chapter 3 The Individual Community and the Community of Individuals; Chapter 4 Community and the Self; Conclusion: Scotland, Utopia and the Future of Community; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5178-0
- 1-282-70310-2
- 9786612703102
- 0-7486-4093-2
- OCLC:
- 609852762
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